SERIAL EX SIGAL

class CSerialEx : public CSerial
{
// Construction
public:
CSerialEx();
virtual ~CSerialEx();

// Operations
public:
// Open the serial communications for a particular COM port. You
// need to use the full devicename (i.e. "COM1") to open the port.
virtual LONG Open (LPCTSTR lpszDevice, DWORD dwInQueue = 0, DWORD dwOutQueue = 0, bool fStartListener = false);

// Close the serial port.
virtual LONG Close (void);

// Start the listener thread
virtual LONG StartListener (void);

// Stop the listener thread. Because the other thread might be
// busy processing data it might take a while, so you can specify
// a time-out.
virtual LONG StopListener (DWORD dwTimeout = INFINITE);

protected:
// Each opened COM-port uses its own specific thread, which will
// wait for one of the events to happen. When an event happens,
// then the client window is send a message informing about the
// event.
static DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc (LPVOID lpArg);
DWORD ThreadProc (void);

// Event handler
virtual void OnEvent (EEvent eEvent, EError eError) = 0;

protected:
// The WaitEvent method is being used by this class internally
// and shouldn't be used by client applications. Client
// application should monior the messages.
using CSerial::WaitEvent;

// The event-type is send in the WPARAM of the message and
// the GetEventType method returns the wrong data, so we'll
// hide this method for client applications to avoid problems.
using CSerial::GetEventType;
using CSerial::GetError;

protected:
// Internal attributes
bool m_fStopping;
HANDLE m_hThread;

#ifndef SERIAL_NO_OVERLAPPED
// Handle for overlapped operations in worker-thread
HANDLE m_hevtOverlappedWorkerThread;
#endif
};

#endif // __SERIAL_EX_H