| Nuke Jimmy 2001-05-08, 12:58 pm |
| I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a little problem I have:
I have two programs that communicates to an external device via COM1. One of the applications is called ZOC (I'm sure you've heard of it). ZOC uses com1 to dial up a connection to this external device, and then is supposed to release control of the port when the program is minimized (this is an option you set in the program.), then another application (16-bit) is supposed to use this connection to communicate with the external device. The problem, I think, is that ZOC is a 32 bit application and this other application is a 16 bit app. W2kpro is recognizing that ZOC is the superior app, and won't release the port for the 16 bit app.
Does anyone know of a way to force windows 2000 to release control of the port while leaving an active connection??
Please HELP! |