Hi Petrus,

Good luck using non-documented and non-supported API's!

It sounds like you might be better off using a virtual serial driver.  Take a
look at knowledgebase article #1812 for some sample code.

Regards,

Peter Easton
Palm Developer Support


Petrus Wrangö wrote:

> I want to patch SerReceiveISP to be able to act quickly when chars arrive at
> the serial port. But I want to do it in a shared library so that I can do my
> work even (especially) when other programs are running. You might ask why I
> don't use SerSetWakeupHandler, but it seem to disable certain serial
> functions and thus my program will not be compatible with many programs. So,
> what's my problem? There are two of them actually. First, when I patch the
> SerReceiveISP function, I must save away the old address. But where do I
> save it so that it can be accessed at interrupt time when my ReceiveISPPatch
> executes and wants to call the original function?
>
> Secondly, I want to do some serious coding when my patch get called. But
> that is not allowed at interrupt level. Fine, just use EvtEnqueueKey! That's
> what I first thought, but then I must rely on the program currently running
> to be in its event loop for me to be able to patch the EvtGetEvent (shared
> library, remember! No event loop of my own.) and pick up my custom event. I
> must get to my routine very fast so I need another way to get out of
> interrupt level and into my code.
>
> I hope I've managed to explain what I'm trying to do.
>
> There are no words to describe how much I would appreciate any help.
>
> Regards
> Petrus Wrangö



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