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API for hardware controlling under Windows

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Hello everybody,

I'd like to develop an API to ease the usage of a COM port connected hardware. I'm not sure where to start and I have many issues to be solved before I begin with soft coding.

1. Which programming language shall I use and what consequences will it have? As I said, i'd like to offer the API on the windows platfom, typically for the .NET framework.

2. More generally, to what shall I pay attention when dealing with API programming. I've never done such a development. How does it change from other programming type?

3. Any links to tutorial, books, etc. for API development are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help.
 

I think WINIO and GIVEIO will helps you,

search for it,

its free and gove you direct acess to hardware with this you can do whatever you needed to do with PORT
 

You sound like another case of trying to run before you can walk. Anyway, .NET has a comm class built into it. So if you want to make a dll or API based on an already existing class go ahead but I think you are wasting your time.
 

Partially agreed. Imagine you want to distribute some hardware but not the protocol. A DLL is just what should be developped?
 

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