Sets the time-out parameters for all read and write operations on a specified communications device.
Syntax
BOOL WINAPI SetCommTimeouts(
__in HANDLE hFile,
__in LPCOMMTIMEOUTS lpCommTimeouts
);
Parameters
- hFile [in]
-
A handle to the communications device. The
CreateFile function returns this handle.
- lpCommTimeouts [in]
-
A pointer to a
COMMTIMEOUTS structure that contains the new time-out values.
Return Value
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call
GetLastError.
Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional |
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| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server |
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| Header | Winbase.h (include Windows.h) |
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| Library | Kernel32.lib |
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| DLL | Kernel32.dll |
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See Also
- Communications Functions
- Communications Resources
- COMMTIMEOUTS
- GetCommTimeouts
- ReadFile
- ReadFileEx
- WriteFile
- WriteFileEx
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