Machine Controls

Hi VB Guru,

I am very new to VB but with several years of experience in C-langauge for DOS. My question is how do you use VB in Industrial Application?,such as to get data input from sensors and output to relays. I can do this in C-language for DOS by using inp() and outp() functions. Now, I will be forced to program in Windows and I heard that VB is good for this application of mine.
I will be using Visual Basic 6.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Perry

As far as i know, regular VB wont do things like this. I have heard, however, that VBCE can be embedded in scanners and such, but I have no concrete knowledge of this.

Just a thought,
John

John Pirkey
MCSD
www.ShallowWaterSystems.com

If you can do this in C, then you probably know enough to do it in C++. Make an ActiveX control in C++ that can do it, and load it in VB.

Hope this helps,
Atlantis