When others mention "direct control" of the I/O ports, what does that actually mean.  Does this mean that I have to have to Pro version to talk to the serial port at all or just to do anything beyond the basics?

Example #1:  Want to just send out some characters to an external modem.

Example #2: Create a program to directly communicate with a palm-pilot's cradle.

"M. Adam Davis" wrote:

> You need a seperate control or DLL.  There are many free ones available, they
> let you directly access the PC hardware in VB (which is what you'll need to do
> to play with the parallel port).
>
> I generally use DOS based C (turbo C++ 3.0 or GCC) for most 'set it up and test
> it quickly' hardware access.  I use VB for anything needing the serial port or
> internet connectivity.
>
> -Adam
>
> Rob R wrote:
> >
> > Now that I think about it VB is so much faster to devlope stuff, but when direct control or access of io ports is needed I HATE VB C++ is easier I would say, instead of fiddling with MSCOMM control, and can you control the parrallel port with vb?  I have 6.0 pro edition, but i never tried any parallel port stuff can it be done?
> >
> > Rob
> >
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