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SerialPort::CtsHolding Property

 

Gets the state of the Clear-to-Send line.

Namespace:   System.IO.Ports
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
property bool CtsHolding {
	bool get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the Clear-to-Send line is detected; otherwise, false.

Exception Condition
IOException

The port is in an invalid state.

- or -

An attempt to set the state of the underlying port failed. For example, the parameters passed from this SerialPort object were invalid.

InvalidOperationException

The stream is closed. This can occur because the Open method has not been called or the Close method has been called.

The Clear-to-Send (CTS) line is used in Request to Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) hardware handshaking. The CTS line is queried by a port before data is sent.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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