Serial port won't work in delphi?

I don't see any setup stuff in your code. So maybe you're relying on a side-effect of running HyperTerminal that "primes" the port for you. Have a look at this article where they go through that stuff: baud, parity, etc..

You need to use setcommstate for setup baud rate and flow control.

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