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When I use the WaitCommEvent() API on non-overlapped serial operations, I get an infinite wait state whenever the event I am concerned with doesn't occur. <br />
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I am thinking if I could implement a timeout using WaitCommEvent() so that even if the event I am waiting for doesn't occur, my program will not hang and report a timeout instead.<br />
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How do I do this? &nbsp;
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When I use the WaitCommEvent() API on non-overlapped serial operations, I get an infinite wait state whenever the event I am concerned with doesn't occur. 

I am thinking if I could implement a timeout using WaitCommEvent() so that even if the event I am waiting for doesn't occur, my program will not hang and report a timeout instead.

How do I do this?  

WaitCommEvent timeout

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