# SPORT_GET_HANDLE (W*S)

Serial Port I/O Function: Returns the Windows* handle associated with the communications port. This is the handle that was returned by the Windows API CreateFile.

## Module

USE IFPORT

result = SPORT_GET_HANDLE (port,handle)

port | (Input) Integer. The port number.
handle | (Output) INTEGER(4) on IA-32 architecture; INTEGER(8) on Intel® 64 architecture. This is the Windows handle that was returned from CreatFile( ) on the serial port.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is zero if successful; otherwise, a Windows error value.

## Example

    USE IFPORT
    INTEGER(4) iresult
    INTEGER(KIND=INT_PTR_KIND( )) handle
    iresult = SPORT_GET_HANDLE( 2, handle )
    END

Parent topic: Serial Port I/O Library Routines