Device Driver in VB 2005

[Fla]

Hy!
I'm newbie to VB 2005 and I'm trying to read value from a device
driver, as I used in VB6 with CreateFile and DeveiceIoControl. I get a
correct driver handle with CreateFile but I can't read values with
ReadFile, as reported in this URL
http://support.microsoft.com/default...79&Product=vb6

I tried with ReadFile with the following code lines:

Try
Success = ReadFile(hSerialPort, Buffer, BytesWritten,
BytesRead, IntPtr.Zero)
If Success = False Then
Throw New CommException("Unable to read from driver")
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
End Try

but I couldn't get values from device driver 'cause I get an exception
("Unable to
read from driver").

Is it better DeviceIoControl? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your replies.

[Mattias Sjögren]

>but I couldn't get values from device driver 'cause I get an exception

("Unable to
read from driver").

What does System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetLastWin3 2Error()
return after the ReadFile call?
Mattias

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[Fla]

Mattias Sjögren ha scritto:

but I couldn't get values from device driver 'cause I get an exception
("Unable to
read from driver").
What does System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetLastWin3 2Error()
return after the ReadFile call?

It returns 6. What does it mean?

Thanks



Mattias

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[Mattias Sjögren]

>It returns 6. What does it mean?

It means "The handle is invalid". Have you verified that CreateFile
really returns a valid handle? What's the type of hSerialPort?
Mattias

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[Fla]

Mattias Sjögren ha scritto:

It returns 6. What does it mean?

It means "The handle is invalid". Have you verified that CreateFile
really returns a valid handle? What's the type of hSerialPort?
Mattias

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No, it returned an invalid handle and I've already fixed the code for
it, but I still haven't found a solution for ReadFile 'cause I get
"LastWin32Error 1: Incorrect function".

Try
Success = ReadFile(hCVxD, Buffer, BytesWritten, BytesRead,
IntPtr.Zero)
If Success = False Then
Throw New CommException("Unable to read from driver")
Else
TextBox3.Text = CStr(BytesRead)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub

What am I doing wrong?
According .NET, which is better: DeviceIoControl, as in VB6, or
ReadFile?

Thanks for your replies.

[Dick Grier]

Is this a serial port device? If so, why not use System.IO.Ports?

Personally, I want more information about what it is that you are REALLY
trying to do before suggesting what might be the problem/solution.

Dick

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Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2, Mabry Publishing (391 pages, includes CD-ROM).
July 2004.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.

[Fla]

Dick Grier ha scritto:

Is this a serial port device? If so, why not use System.IO.Ports?

Personally, I want more information about what it is that you are REALLY
trying to do before suggesting what might be the problem/solution.

Dick

--
Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2, Mabry Publishing (391 pages, includes CD-ROM).
July 2004.
See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information.

I'm trying to read values from an ISA card.

Thanks for your attention