Stop Stream.BeginRead()

Question

i need to read data from my virtual com port and detect the message "Dreq". Once i press the connect button, it connects to my COM8 port and begins reading in a new thread. I also have a disconnect button in which i wish to close the reading and disconnect from the COM8 port. However, i have problems closing the BeginRead.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    SerialPort sp;
    Stream stream;
    IAsyncResult recv_result;

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        sp = new SerialPort("COM8", 9600);
        sp.Open();
        sp.ReadTimeout = 50000;
        sp.NewLine = "\n\r\0";
        stream = sp.BaseStream;
        recv_result = stream.BeginRead(new byte[1], 0, 0, new 
                                       AsyncCallback(ReadCallBack), stream);
    }

    private void ReadCallBack(IAsyncResult ar)
    {            
        Stream stream = (Stream)ar.AsyncState;
        string temp;

        while (stream.CanRead)
        {
            temp = sp.ReadLine();                
            // ... do something with temp
        }
    }

    private void disconnectButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        stream.EndRead(recv_result);
        sp.Close();
    }
}

Answer 1

You can try calling sp.DiscardOutBuffer(). It will call your read callback and you can then use stream.EndRead().

private void disconnectButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    sp.DiscardOutBuffer();
    stream.EndRead(recv_result);
    sp.Close();
}