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Hi there i have a big problem i am tring to send asski code out via the serial port. what my code does is look through a saved file and picks out text information then sends it to the serial port. My problem is a wierd one!! it works ok after i open up hyperterminal and write to the lcd but it will not work if i just run the code sraight from visual C++ it outputs a lot of strange charectures im stuck any help will be great my code is attached. I am running windows xp and my compiller is visual C++ cheers

//print file on screen
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define STRICT
#include <tchar.h>
#include <windows.h>

#define THREADCOUNT 4
DWORD dwtlsIndex;
VOID ErrorExit (LPTSTR);
VOID commonFunc (VOID);


//write to the port

BOOL WriteABuffer(HANDLE hComm, char * lpBuf, DWORD dwToWrite)
{
   OVERLAPPED osWrite = {0};
   DWORD dwWritten;
   BOOL fRes;

   // Create this writes OVERLAPPED structure hEvent.
   osWrite.hEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
   if (osWrite.hEvent == NULL)
      // Error creating overlapped event handle.
      return FALSE;



   // Issue write.
   if (!WriteFile(hComm, lpBuf, dwToWrite, &dwWritten, &osWrite))

   {
      if (GetLastError() != ERROR_IO_PENDING) { 
         // WriteFile failed, but it isn't delayed. Report error and abort.
         fRes = FALSE;
      }
      else {
         // Write is pending.
         if (!GetOverlappedResult(hComm, &osWrite, &dwWritten, TRUE))
            fRes = FALSE;
         else
            // Write operation completed successfully.
            fRes = TRUE;
		 
      }
Sleep (100);
   }
   

   else
      // WriteFile completed immediately.
      fRes = TRUE;

   CloseHandle(osWrite.hEvent);
   
   return fRes;
}




int main () {
  FILE * pFile;
  long lSize;
  char * buffer;

  pFile = fopen ( "LCD.aup" , "rb" );
  if (pFile==NULL) exit (1);

  // obtain file size.
  fseek (pFile , 0 , SEEK_END);
  lSize = ftell (pFile);
  rewind (pFile);

  // allocate memory to contain the whole file.
  buffer = (char*) malloc (lSize);
  if (buffer == NULL) exit (2);

  // copy the file into the buffer.
  fread (buffer,1,lSize,pFile);

  char *pdest = NULL;
   
   char *tmp;
   char Trackname[80];

   char *wavetrackname;

   tmp = buffer;


   memset(&Trackname[0],32,80);
   
// open the port
			char gszPort[18];

	memset(&gszPort[0], 32,18);


HANDLE hComm;

strcpy(gszPort, "COM1");
hComm = CreateFile( gszPort,  
                    GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 
                    0, 
                    0, 
                    OPEN_EXISTING,
					FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
					0);
if (hComm == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)


{

   // error opening port; abort

}


// find wavetrack name in file
   do
   {
	   pdest = strstr( tmp, "wavetrack name" );

	   if(pdest != NULL)
	   {
		   wavetrackname = pdest + 16;
		   tmp = pdest + 1;
    
// find file name up to"
			int  pos;
			pos = strcspn( wavetrackname, "\"" );
//copy track name to new string
			strncpy( Trackname, wavetrackname, pos );

			char *ttmp = &Trackname[0];
			strncpy( ttmp + pos, "\0", 1 );
			strncpy( ttmp + pos + 1, "                  ", 18); 




   WriteABuffer(hComm, ttmp, 18);



//print results on different lines

	//	printf("\n\n\n");
	//		printf(Trackname);
	//		printf("\n");

	   
	   }
   }
   while(pdest != NULL);


  // terminate
  fclose (pFile);
  free (buffer);

  int c = getchar();

  return 0;
}
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you probably need to set the baud rate, stop bits, data bits, and parity. See MSDN about how to configure the port.

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