The Windows API exposes numerous resources that clearly represent objects of some kind but are only indirectly accessible via C-style functions or COM-style interfaces.

The API is designed to be easy to use from "modern" C++ (in contrast to the 25 year old, heavily C-biased design of Win32); it will also map cleanly onto .NET concepts.

On the Windows platform, the C++ language offers several ways to process a file. We'll look at four approaches for serial IO access.

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