CreatePortOverlapped Method

Description

The CreatePortOverlapped method creates new virtual serial port which can have the same name as existing physical port (e.g. COM1).

object.CreatePortOverlapped PortNum, RealPortAlias, RegisterGlobally

object.CreatePortOverlapped(LONG PortNum, CString RealPortAlias, LONG RegisterGlobally);

object.CreatePortOverlapped(PortNum: Integer; RealPortAlias: String; RegisterGlobally: Integer);

Parameter	Description
PortNum	[in] Number of virtual serial port to be created (1 - COM1, 2 - COM2, 3 - COM3, 4 - COM4, etc.)
RealPortAlias	[in] Alias name for accessing real serial port. The string is an MS-DOS path (e.g. PORT1, COM100)
RegisterGlobally	[in] The non-zero integer value allows to enumerate RealPortAlias as serial port for some serial applications (like HyperTerminal)

The CreatePort method may throw the following exceptions:

Port already exists
This virtual serial port is already created.
Virtual Serial Port service is unavailable
Service is not loaded.
Trial period is expired
Trial period is expired.
Invalid license key
License key provided is invalid.
License key does not allow to create this port
License key has port number limitation.