Serial Controls Revision History

NOTE: This list details changes included in each release.

• SerialServer  Closing SerialServer immediately after a failed port Open no longer throws an exception.

• SerialServer  GetStream and GetRawStream rewritten to handle variant arrays passed by reference. VBA passes by reference while VB passes by value.

• SerialServer  Distribution restructured to eliminate MFC42.dll and MSVCRT.dll dependencies.

• SerialServer  Any pending notifications are cleared by Close.

• SerialServer  901 (low memory) exception only issued if FIFO request exceeds 5% of total physical memory.

• SerialServer  Threads reset on Open to prevent chained Open failures after an Open exception.

• SerialServer  Timestamp and Signal Events UI removed. Priority property added. Transmitter polling frequency changed to 10 ms. SSN_IO_RX_TIMEOUT always issued - even when FIFO is empty. Tutorial split into 'good' and 'raw' versions.

• SerialServer  Rx threshold notifications issued whenever data arrives and Rx FIFO contains at least RxNotificationThreshold events. GetStream memory leak removed.

• SerialServer  TxGranularity and TxNotificationThreshold properties decoupled. SSN_IO_TX_THRESHOLD properly issued when Tx FIFO becomes empty. SSN_IO_TX_TIMEOUT properly delayed based on rounded TxNotificationTimeout value (see help).

• SerialServer  TxGranularity restricted to a minimum of one. GetStream functions properly when timestamps are disabled.

• SerialServer  Setup installs an Uninstall program. Control registration failure dialog added to Setup. Product registration reminders restricted to Open and Close methods.

• SerialServer  Unused controls removed from VB Project file.

• SerialServer  Beta Release.