sListPort (Function)

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sListPort (Function)

In french: sListePort

Returns the list of serial and parallel ports on the computer.

Example

// On veut charger le nom des ports séries présents sur la machine dans un champ Combo.
NomPortsSéries is array of strings = sListPort(1)

FOR EACH sPort IN NomPortsSéries
	ListAdd(COMBO_PortsSeries, sPort)
END

Syntax

<Result> = sListPort([<Type>])

<Result>: Array of strings

Array of strings that contains the names of the sought ports.

<Type>: Optional integer

Type of port to be listed:
0 (default): Lists serial and parallel ports.
1: List serial ports.
2: Lists parallel ports.

Remarks

Special case

On some Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.), the user must be in the dialout group to be able to use serial ports.
If sListPort returns nothing when it should, make sure you have added the current user to this group with the following shell command:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout USER_NAME

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