Windows API And Devices

• Opening and Setting Up The Serial Port - Need some clear statement of how to open and establish the settings for the serial port? Here's a working example. (3/13/98)

• Reading the Serial Port From A Thread - Have a look at a read thread that uses overlapped I/O on the serial port. (7/99)

• Performing A Query In A Thread That Links To A Form Grid - Refreshing SQL queries in a thread is a great way to improve apparent performance - but how can it be integrated with data aware controls on the grid? (3/11/98)

• Adding to the System Menu For Your Window - How to add an entry to the system menu and catch events from that menu item (9/99).

DLLs

• The simplest DLL and its test harness - create a DLL in C++ Builder and call it. It doesn't get easier than this... (4/00)

• Calling A DLL Function Dynamically - How to load a DLL, call a function in it, and unload the DLL (1/01).

• Using Data Modules in a DLL - Once you know how to make a simple DLL, it can be useful to be able to create and use a data module in your DLL. But how to do this is not in any of the manuals... (7/00).

• Using Forms in DLLs - It's just as easy as using a DLL (1/01)