From: Cliff Green <cliffg@codewrangler.net>
To: boost-users@lists.boost.org
Sent: Sunday, 4 January, 2009 2:48:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to access COM ports
> How to access COM port using BOOST library. I want to access COM3 port
using boost.
Use the Asio serial port facilities. COM / serial
ports are not TCP streams. Read the Asio reference doc on Serial port facilities
(I don't think there's any serial port examples in the docs yet, but there
should be people on this or the Asio e-mail list that can help with specific
questions).
> Another problem I am facing is that the
network client should be platform-independent but if I use socket.h then it will
not work on windows and if I use winsock then it will not run on linux/unix
variants. Same for other header files like inet.h etc
Don't use them. Everything you need (unless you're
doing something very esoteric) is supplied through the Asio
facilities.
Are you confusing COM / serial I/O with networking
programming? They are two separate and distinct things, although Asio provides
an API to handle async events on either.
Cliff