gcc comm support on windows

[julvr]

I need to make a simple console application which outputs some characters to the serial port, and I need to do it using GCC. Does anyone know how to access the windows serial ports using GCC? I can't find any examples online -- all the examples are either for Linux, or for Visual Studio.

Thanks,

John

[george135]

The IDE doesn't define the method.
It's the same method than... in 1995.
Google : Serial Communications in Win32 , 1st link => MSDN...

[julvr]

So you're saying that that library is available to me, even if I didn't install Visual Studio? Is there anything special I have to do to include the library?

Thanks

John