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Hi,

Anyone know a way of working out the total number and which COM ports exist
on a machine, using C#?

rollasoc

Nov 15 '05 #1
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rollasoc,

Using the classes in the System.Manageme nt namespace, I would do a query
for all instances of Win32_SerialPor t. This will return the information
about the port, as well as the number of ports on the system.

Hope this helps.
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Hi,

Anyone know a way of working out the total number and which COM ports exist on a machine, using C#?

rollasoc

Nov 15 '05 #2
Thank you Nicholas.

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in
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rollasoc,

Using the classes in the System.Manageme nt namespace, I would do a query for all instances of Win32_SerialPor t. This will return the information
about the port, as well as the number of ports on the system.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"rollasoc" <ho*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

Anyone know a way of working out the total number and which COM ports

exist
on a machine, using C#?

rollasoc


Nov 15 '05 #3
Hi,

Ok, sussed how to find the 2 COM Ports on my motherboard ok, using
System.Manageme nt namespace and looking for Win32_SerialPor t.

Problem now, is I have 3 COM Ports on USB connections, but can't seem to
find a way to query for them.

Any suggestions?

rollasoc
"rollasoc" <ho*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
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Thank you Nicholas.

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote in message news:OF******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
rollasoc,

Using the classes in the System.Manageme nt namespace, I would do a

query
for all instances of Win32_SerialPor t. This will return the information
about the port, as well as the number of ports on the system.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"rollasoc" <ho*****@hotmai l.com> wrote in message
news:u1******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
Hi,

Anyone know a way of working out the total number and which COM ports

exist
on a machine, using C#?

rollasoc



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