XDS-TS BIOSIO Source for Windows

#1 08-13-2005, 06:36 AM

I am trying to rewrite the BiosIO-module of TopSpeed M2 for Windows XDS 251
using the WinCon functions.
However I keep getting an INVALID HANDLE or ACCESS error when trying to read
from the ConsoleInputBuffer. I can't found the value for CONIN$ to open the
handle with the windows CreateFille-function. Can anybody help me please?
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#2 08-13-2005, 08:20 AM

On 2005-08-13, AC Joubert <acj@lantic.net> wrote:
> I am trying to rewrite the BiosIO-module of TopSpeed M2 for Windows XDS 251
> using the WinCon functions.
> However I keep getting an INVALID HANDLE or ACCESS error when trying to read
> from the ConsoleInputBuffer. I can't found the value for CONIN$ to open the
> handle with the windows CreateFille-function. Can anybody help me please?

GETSTDHANDLE(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)

for a simple example (in pascal, LGPL) see:

http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...l/win32/crt.pp

and the generic parts:

http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...l/inc/crth.inc
http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...tl/inc/crt.inc

#3 08-21-2005, 05:57 AM

No, that doesn't work! Same problem. It gives the INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE error
when using that handle in a subsequent Windows console function.
"Marco van de Voort" <marcov@stack.nl> wrote in message
news:slrndfrpch.2o3v.marcov@snail.stack.nl...
> On 2005-08-13, AC Joubert <acj@lantic.net> wrote:
> > I am trying to rewrite the BiosIO-module of TopSpeed M2 for Windows XDS
251
> > using the WinCon functions.
> > However I keep getting an INVALID HANDLE or ACCESS error when trying to
read
> > from the ConsoleInputBuffer. I can't found the value for CONIN$ to open
the
> > handle with the windows CreateFille-function. Can anybody help me
please?
>
> GETSTDHANDLE(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)
>
> for a simple example (in pascal, LGPL) see:
>
>
http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...l/win32/crt.pp
>
> and the generic parts:
>
>
http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...l/inc/crth.inc
>
http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/vi...tl/inc/crt.inc

#4 08-22-2005, 05:37 AM

AC Joubert wrote:

> However I keep getting an INVALID HANDLE or ACCESS error when trying to read
> from the ConsoleInputBuffer. I can't found the value for CONIN$ to open the
> handle with the windows CreateFille-function. Can anybody help me please?

Could the problem be that the OS treats the console as a pre existing
file so that only OpenFile operations are permitted?

Regards,
Martin Brown

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