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Is there any method to access the computer ports(eg.
parellel port) throw C#.
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Hi,
You could use the following approach:
1. Use Win32 CreateFile function to port device (for example \\.\LPT1 is a
name of 1st parallel port)
2. Create System.IO.FileS tream object using device handle returned by
CreateFile
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Is there any method to access the computer ports(eg.
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