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- From: Neal.Sanche@ttlg.UUCP (Neal Sanche)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Com port locking?
- Message-ID: <715488005.5@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 20:18:14 GMT
- Sender: postmaster@ttlg.UUCP
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- PS> Can I do something similar in Windows? I don't like to see
- PS> the device contention message -- I'd like UUPoll NOT to
- PS> get use of the comm port until I'm done with the other program.
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- You're asking too much of Windows. A workaround would may be to NOT run
- UUPoll in background mode while using your other Comm Package. Just flip
- its Settings so that it isn't backgrounded for a while.
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- -Neal
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