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Hi Bogdan,

> Hello,
> 
> I want to make an applicaton to connect two PCs via an USB cable.
> As far as I read from the MSDN site, I can do this without having to
> write a specific driver, because I already know what application is at

No, you can't. It's a little bit more difficult than in the good old 
RS232 days. You need (1) a device, (2) a driver and (3) communication in 
your application to your driver. Have you ever wondered why there is a 
knot in USB-direct-link cables ;-) That's you're USB device you're 
talking to. Just a plain cable does exactly...nothing.

> the other end of the connection, so I can use raw read/write directly
> to the port(I guess using something like CreateFile/WriteFile...).

You can't write directly to an USB port. You can communicate with an USB 
driver, not more.

> Can anyone give me an idea on where to start, or some sample
> code on how to do this.
> 

USB Design by Example, John Hyde, Wiley Computer Publishing
Programming the Windows Driver Model, Walter Oney, Microsoft Press

But be warned: That's nothing you can do over a weekend.
Why not using a crossed CAT5 cable and two NIC's? This is much easier as 
you can talk with TCP/IP between your applications. Thousands of good 
client/server components for TCP/IP are on the market (Indy components!).

Bye, Oliver