GetCommTimeouts

This function retrieves the time-out parameters for all read and write operations on a specified communication device.

At a Glance

Header file: Winbase.h
Windows CE versions: 1.0 and later

Syntax

BOOL GetCommTimeouts(HANDLE hFile,
LPCOMMTIMEOUTS
lpCommTimeouts);

Parameters

hFile

[in] Handle to the communication device. The CreateFile function returns this handle.

lpCommTimeouts

[out] Long pointer to a COMMTIMEOUTS structure in which the time-out data is returned.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error data, call GetLastError.

Remarks

For more information about time-out values for communication devices, see the SetCommTimeouts function.

See Also

CreateFile, COMMTIMEOUTS, SetCommTimeouts