I am attempting to write some interface code for a piece of hardware. Because the hardware requires use of 12 control lines, I believe the parallel port is the easiest connection method. After some research, I have discovered that inpout32.dll is the most efficient solution with only two commands to worry about (inp32() and out32()). I have downloaded the dll and attempted to place it in my code using both dim and declare statements. The file resides in the root level of the project folder as well as another copy in the windows directory. No matter how I try to call the dll it gives me errors stating that libraries were expected and that the dll does not exist.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance