pcm wrote: > Fuzzyman wrote: > > > > > pcm wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Has anyone ever worked on a Python-WinCE-based program that involved > >> serial port management ? > >> > > > > Because of the size of the runtime and the fragility of the GUI > > toolkits, there has been little serious development with PythonCE. > > (Little not none - and it's great to have Python available.) > > > > There is no built in support for the serial port in PythonCE (AFAIK). > > Your best bet is using ctypes (for which a PythonCE port has been done) > > and the microsoft API. > > > > Fuzzyman > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > > > >> Regards, > >> > >> Philippe > > > > > Thanks, does that mean that I need to write an extension to the WinCE API or > is that built-into the Python package ? >
(Sorry for late reply.) There is a version of ctypes *compiled* for PythonCE (from the PythonCE sourceforge page). Using ctypes you should be able to use the Microsoft Win32 API to access the serial port from *pure Python* code. You will need to use the Microsoft docs to see which calls to make. Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Regards, > Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
