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DLL Talk / "OUT" command

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Takeshii
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Posted: 10th Dec 2005 23:17 Edited at: 11th Dec 2005 06:20
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Is there a way to bring the QBASIC command OUT into DBP, thru .dll??
I have never messed with .dll's so i really dont know what im getting into.

in qbasic the out command is called in the following format

OUT [port],[number]

EX:

'set port to 00010000
OUT 888, 8

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Reason i ask is with the following function i can use the parallel port as a switch to turn power on/off to lights/appliances/anything else! I have several uses for this and would like to know if this can be done and if so how?

And some of you may ask....why not just do it in QBASIC? well, i would really like to have this functionality included with the ease of DBP, do i can easily make GUI'd to control lets say lights outside, ex; christmas lights, or if im lazy, just turn things on/off with the touch of a button and not have to get up!

thanks in advance

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Torrey
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Posted: 10th Dec 2005 23:36
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You can use the API called CreateFile to achieve communication with serial ports. Try googling it and see what you find for resources.

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Quote: "why not just do it in QBASIC?"


dunno. QBSC owns DBC...

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Three Score
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 03:14
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one question.
is the out command like the system ports(which can screw up you pc if you play with them) or like ports as in serial/parrellel ports

I know how to do the first one but not the second one
problems with ssytem ports though is that to use them you must have administrative powers under 2k/xp and like i said if you dont know what you doing you can crash your pc or worse screw up your hardware

(this applies to both)
are you sure you shouldnt use some api because windows might keep track of those values and changihg them might screw up windows

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Phaelax
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Posted: 14th Jan 2006 23:09 Edited at: 14th Jan 2006 23:28
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you can shut your machine down with the proper OUT parameters, I got the code somewhere for shutting down in QB4.5

I found this page, a link at the top contains source to a parallel port class. Doesn't seem too complex, but I know java and not C++ and so it'd take me a few hours to figure it all out on my own and create a DLL. Maybe someone can write a dll for it.
http://www.naughter.com/parallelport.html


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