need help with ports

[ariel]

i need help programing for com & printer ports
looking for information

contact at ari74el@hotmail.com


thanx

[Warmaster199]

What language are you looking for? If you are looking for C or C++ code, then I can help alot. If it's VB, then you will have to use the MSComm control. I can't really help if it's VB.

[Amon Ra]

I am currently writing a dll in c++ to allow vb to send data to the port. :)

[Amon Ra]

WarMaster, would you know how to access to the parallel port in win nt or win 2k? I would be really interested :) thx in advance

[Warmaster199]

I have only heard things on Win NT based OS'es and I don't like it one bit(sorry:( ). I have never ever used an NT based system, I've only used Win 9x based. The problem with NT is that it restricts direct hardware access. You can only do direct hardware access if you do it with a driver.

For parallel port(printer port), try this C code. There's no guaranty that it'll work(you'll get a "priviledged exception" error). This is NOT my code, it's from the net.

[Warmaster199]

...And here's the serial port C code. I say the same as above: It may not work in NT, but give it a try :)

[Amon Ra]

Error! Thanks though. The dll I am developing is for win9.x anyways :)

[Warmaster199]

No problem. I found that as I was looking for things for my OS. Comm support is a good feature, but that file will need some mod's