AsyncFree library ----------------Serial communication and related components Installation: ------------Delphi 7: install AsyncFreeD7.dpk Delphi 6: install AsyncFreeD6.

dpk Delphi 5: install AsyncFreeD5.dpk Delphi 4: install AsyncFreeD4.dpk Note: The code is developed and primary tested on Delphi 4.03 under Windows 95 OSR2. File contents: -------------Docs\AsyncFree.rtf Docs\Readme.txt AsyncFreeD4.dpk AsyncFreeD5.dpk AsyncFreeD6.dpk AsyncFreeD7.dpk AfCircularBuffer.pas AfComPort.pas AfComPortCore.pas AfDataControls.pas AfDataDispatcher.pas AfDataTerminal.pas AfPortControls.pas AfRegister.pas AfSafeSync.pas AfUtils.pas AfViewers.pas AfRegister.dcr PvDefine.inc

Help file The file you're probably reading now Delphi 4 package Delphi 5 package Delphi 6 package Delphi 7 package Circular buffer Serial communication base component Communication core low-level objects (not finished yet, do not use) Data dispatcher and related components "Data-aware" terminal Serial port selection visible components Property editors and its registering VCL synchronization functions Miscellaneous functions Terminal and file viewer Component icons Delphi version definitions

Examples: (\Examples folder) ---------------------------DataAwareExample

It shows how to make descendant of the standard control (TMemo) which represents an AsyncFree "data-aware" component. Example of using TAfFileViewer component. Example of using TAfLineViewer component. It sho how to work with different color modes that allo

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Example of using non synchronized events and its advantages comparing to normal events. It shows how to use core low-level objects in a small console application without using compon Example of using base serial communication compo TAfComPort. Example of using data dispatcher and "data-aware" components. There is also shown how to send a fi through serial port using TStream class.

AsyncFreeExamplesGroup The examples group for Delphi 4 and 5 users Known bugs: ----------* TAfComPort.OnOutBufFree event isn't fired properly when there is a huge incoming data traffic. * When TAfTerminal logging mode is lgCreate, the log file doesn't allow file read sharing. Future: ------* Improve documentation and examples as well (and my english, of course :-) * Add "text line received" event to the data dispatcher to allow work with a single line. * Add user timers. I thought to put them into data dispatcher to make a complex component for working with data. But now I decided to put them to the separate component to make it more flexible and independent of having using data dispatcher. * TAPI support * RAS encapsulation (???) Contact: -------Delphree - The Open Source Delphi Development Initiative: http://delphree.clexpert.com http://sourceforge.net/projects/asyncfree Initial developer: Petr Vones - petr.v@mujmail.cz Contributors: Mario Martins - mmartins@s-larg.com.ar Translation of documentation to spanish.