Com ports

[act_x]

is there an API call to obtain the list of COM ports as listed by Device Manager .

[TFrancis]

disclaimer: don't know how well MS supports this in all versions of Windows, so use at your own risk The list of serial ports can be found in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM You can use RegEnumValue() to enumerate and create the list you need.

[erkanina]

use EnumPorts(...) API

[Blake Miller]

Cool :cool: Given its description - The EnumPorts function enumerates the ports that are available for printing on a specified server. I don't think I EVER would have thought to use this to enumerate the serial communication ports.