SetCommTimeouts  LFYOS4 

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

BOOL SetCommTimeouts(

    HANDLE hFile,

// handle of communications device

    LPCOMMTIMEOUTS lpCommTimeouts

// address of communications time-out structure

   );

 

 

Parameters

hFile

Identifies the communications device. The CreateFileXN35YD function returns this handle.

lpCommTimeouts

Points to a COMMTIMEOUTS34JJAA structure that contains the new time-out values.

 

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError11C2VS7.

See Also

COMMTIMEOUTS, GetCommTimeouts, ReadFile, ReadFileEx, WriteFile, WriteFileEx