Reading from Parellel Port

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From: Craig Henderson
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00

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Hi all,
Does any one know how to read data on the standard PC parallel port using 
Visual C++ under WinNT 4.0?
I have tries the obvious CreateFile("LPT1", ...) but I just see Device 
Not Ready.

Any ideas greatfully received :)

Thanks in Advance

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From: chenderson@nospam.technologist.com (Craig Henderson)
Subject: Reading from Parellel Port
Date: 1997/08/13
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