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How to read from a serial port using xpcom from Firefox?

Hello,

I want to use xpcom to connect Mozilla Firefox to a serial port. The final result should be an xpi addon that can be installed on various environments (cross-platform Windows/Linux with Firefox 3.*). Where should I start?

I have found an example here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1083965&start=0 , but I think that code will only work on Linux... Can I do something similar in Windows?

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XPCOM is not for serial port communication. From what I can see, it is any interface to MS COM.

Please research your questions a little.

leppie  2010-08-23 11:57:06
I've been researching a little these days and I have come to the conclusion that I have to create an XPCOM C++ component for that. I've already made some progress on creating an extension that works on Ubuntu. Next step is to make something similar for Windows and maybe after that I'll merge the two components into one cross-platform component.
Huper  2010-08-25 09:49:15

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