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ScOe wrote:
> How do i send something to LPT1 port on WinNT.
> I know how to send it with direct hardware access but that works only on
> Win9x.
> I've tried with CreateFile and WriteFile (just like with COM port)
> but things get jammed on WriteFile and that function doesnt return, so i
> need to kill the process.
> 
> 
> 
You may want to look into the LPT device driver and C++ Builder 
component TVicLPT by Victor Ishikeev. It's relatively inexpensive, he 
gives good tech support and it works well. It even includes code that 
finds all the LPT ports on your system. This is harder than it used to 
be because the combination of PCI add-in parallel ports and Windows XP 
often doesn't let you install LPT ports in the old DOS-style locations 
(378 hex, 278 hex and 3BC hex). Victor's component finds them in upper 
memory addresses, too. And, you can detect (and sometimes change)the 
mode of the parallel port (SPP, PS/2, Fast Centronix, EPP, ECP).

You can download a trial version to see if it does what you need and if 
you later buy it, the registered version works exactly the same way as 
the trial version.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/tviclpt.htm

Regards,

Jim Dodd
Onset Computer Corp.