Outportb and Inportb in VB

[Indra Parwita]

Is there functions like Outportb and Inportb in VB ?

I need those functions to access a hardware that I made..

I could use Visual C++, but I would like to use VB instead !


thank you ..


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[John Iovine]

You have two viable options.

Option 1) Jan Axelson has written a wonderful book on using the parallel port from VB titled Parallel Port Complete. To compliment her book she offers two free DLL's (on 16 bit and the other 32 bit) to use from VB that allows the inp and out commands. I have personally usd the 32 bit DLL many times and it has never failed. You can download these two DLL's free of charge from her web site http://www.lvr.com


option 2) Bluewater Systems sells the WINRT-VB program that also gives in and out commands from VB. What I like about this program is that you can dist. applications using their controls royalty free. BlueWater Systems (425) 771-3610.


Hope this helps

John Iovine

Is there such functions in VC++? I can't find them, please help me.
I use inportb/outportb under Dos (TC++)
need to communicate with parallel port at bit level
Thanks.