Further to my rash proclamation that I hate Windows programming! I have to humbly issue a retraction (lest the machines drive me mad)

It turns out that I’m just too lazy and impatient to RTFM.

Having stepped back a bit, dug out some old books and done a bit of Googling, I’m getting it under control and one of the main driving factors of this project is coming into play - i.e. it’s a big learning experience in an arena that I have had not enough exposure to.

My demands on the Windows development aspect of it are not enough to warrant my tirade - since that impetuous posting I’ve actually got on quite well and have serial communication starting to happen. What’s holding me back currently is my inadequacies in C (let alone C++) programming but I will have to sort that out as I currently intend to use C to program the Microchip devices.

So where did I stash my old Uni textbooks? I know I’ve got kernighan and ritchie somehwere!