Can VB 6.0 control 8 data bit pins of LPT port? - basic.visual

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 06:51:55 GMT, "EN" <res808c4@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to send 8 bits to the lpt port.
>I'd like to use VB 6.0. Can this be done?
>VB can send data to a printer, but can it
>go as low as actually sending bits? I think
>VB can only send bytes. If VB can only send
>bytes. Can the bits in the bytes be specific?
>Can I send , 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 , out the 8 pins
>of the printer port?
>
>I want to control a 8255 PPI IC. The 8255
>has 8 data bits , the Control Word.
>There are 16 Control Words.
>I got a list box for each 16 Control Word.
>Now how to send these bits via VB to the
>lpt port.
>
>thanks
>Ed
>
>

Check Jan Axelson's page on the parallel printer at her site:
www.lvr.com
VB can access the printer port with the use of an inteface DLL - there
are even sone free ones.