SetCommTimeouts

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

At a Glance

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

Syntax

BOOL SetCommTimeouts(HANDLE hFile,
LPCOMMTIMEOUTS
lpCommTimeouts);

Parameters

hFile

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

lpCommTimeouts

[in] Long pointer to a COMMTIMEOUTS structure that contains the new time-out values.

Return Values

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

See Also

COMMTIMEOUTS, GetCommTimeouts, ReadFile