GetCommTimeouts info Overview Group

The GetCommTimeouts function retrieves the time-out parameters for all read and write operations on a specified communications device.

BOOL GetCommTimeouts(

HANDLE hFile,	// handle of communications device
LPCOMMTIMEOUTS lpCommTimeouts	// address of comm. time-outs structure
);

Parameters

hFile: Identifies the communications device. The CreateFile function returns this handle.
lpCommTimeouts: Points to a COMMTIMEOUTS structure in which the time-out information is returned.

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

For more information about time-out values for communications devices, see the SetCommTimeouts function.