# qextserialport

**Repository Path**: cheng-hui/qextserialport

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: qextserialport
- **Description**: forked from https://code.google.com/p/qextserialport
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 5
- **Created**: 2025-07-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-07-08

## Categories & Tags

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## README

= About QextSerialPort =

QextSerialPort provides an interface to old fashioned serial ports for Qt-based applications. It currently supports Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD. 

    http://code.google.com/p/qextserialport/

== How to use (1) ==

 * Download the source code.

 * Put the source code in any directory you like. For example, 3rdparty:

            |-- project.pro
            |-- ....
            |-- 3rdparty\
            |     |-- qextserialport\
            |     |

 * Add following line to your qmake project file:

            include(3rdparty/qextserialport/src/qextserialport.pri)

 * Using QextSerialPort in your code. Enjoy it!

            #include "qextserialport.h"
            ....
            QextSerialPort * port = new QextSerialPort();
            ....
            
== How to use (2) ==
It's very easy to compile QextSerialPort directly into your application
(see above section), however, we would prefer to use it as a shared library.

 * Download the source code, and put it in any location you like.

 * Run following command to generate library. 

          qmake
          make (or nmake)
          sudo make install (or nmake install)

 * Add following line to your project's file

          CONFIG += extserialport

 * Using QextSerialPort in your code. Enjoy it!

            #include "qextserialport.h"
            ....
            QextSerialPort * port = new QextSerialPort();
            ....

== Build Documents ==
 * Run
           qmake
           make docs

 * Note: More information can be found in doc/readme.txt

== Build examples ==
 * Goto examples directory, then run
           qmake (or qmake -r)
           make (or nmake)