serial port problem

[mld]

Hi all

i have spent my last three weeks try to read an infrared remote signal from my serial port

and in alll the three weeks i have faild to have a usefull read

but today

and i dont know why

i have suceeded to read using a code i have writen before but with a small modification

and it goes really nice and work 100% ... eeeeeeven i put the following

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var

zeroone : boolean

NumRead : integer;
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ReadFile( FHandle, zeroone , 1, NumRead, nil )

showMessage(inttostr(integer(zeroone))); ///  output is 45

even its strange to give me such thing from a boolean variable ...

but this is not my problem

my problem is i have saved my work ... close the delphi ... and re-open it ...test another time the application and every thing is okay

but after a while

i wanted to re-check the application ... i opened it ... lunch the exe file and the same previous problem

i just read 0000000000

nothing else

i have changed from boolean to integer ... or to char ... or to any thing else

and the same

just read 00000000

why is that

plz

plz plz plz

tell me what to do .... or why this is hapening to me

[WingedPanther]

I can't say for sure, but IR signals can be VERY flaky sometimes. Depending on the source/receiver, it can be nearly impossible to get them lined up for communication.