MSComm

[stiphen]

I am using MSComm in my application .. how can i get connected com port name like in image

[stiphen]

Any help please

[stiphen]

it is unacceptable that on great forum with great and experienced members are not replying

[Arnoutdv]

I would ask for a refund.

[DataMiser]

it is unacceptable that on great forum with great and experienced members are not replying

Unacceptable? No one here gets paid for their services, you do not pay anything and it has only been a few hours since you asked the question.

One of the first things a programmer needs to learn is patience, you won't last long without it

As for your question, no you can not retrieve that info using MSComm control and that is not the name of the port. The port is Comxx the additional info is related to hardware attached to that port. While there may be a way to get this info using API calls I have never looked into it.

[stiphen]

thanks for suggestion Data-Miser

[janu]

it is unacceptable that on great forum with great and experienced members are not replying

no problem this can be achieved by placing a combo1 on form and copy and paste this code , this will show you the connected serial ports but not sure about usb modem ports .. see if this will help you

Private Sub Form_Load()
Combo1.Clear 
Set WMIObjectSet = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\CIMV2").ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each wmiobject In WMIObjectSet
If InStr(wmiobject.Name, "COM") Then
   If InStr(wmiobject.Name, "COM ") Then GoTo nope
      Combo1.AddItem wmiobject.Name
nope: End If
      Next
     Set WMIObjectSet = Nothing
     
com_port_sel_frame.Visible = True
End Sub

[dilettante]

WMI is not meant to be used in applications. It's an admin scripting tool.

The WMI service is often disabled for security reasons.

[janu]

then what would be the proper way to get as OP asked .

[dilettante]

There really isn't any.

If you search you'll find there are several possible ways to do this, but most of them can miss some ports entirely and others will report other types of ports as COM ports.

WMI for example will often miss some vendors' USB COM ports entirely.

Windows appears to do this using SetupAPI or something similar, but the filtering rules are not documented. So there is no reliable way to get the information that anyone knows of.

See How do I get a list of available serial ports in Win32?