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I would like to make a program(application). That program will be connect
with some device on serial or parallel port. So I am interested how can I do
that???
Where I can find instructions that are useful for parallel or serial port
programming. What should I know about port programming. Is that very
complicated???
Jul 19 '05 #1
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Mile wrote:
I would like to make a program(application). That program will be connect
with some device on serial or parallel port. So I am interested how can I do
that???
By obtaining a good book on Windows programming.
Please read the C++ FAQ and welcome.txt below.
By the way, C++ is a programming language. Visual C++ is one of many
tools for translating source code into executable code. Two separate
topics.

Where I can find instructions that are useful for parallel or serial port
programming.
Library? Bookstore? On-line bookstore?
Good Friend? College Professor? Software Engineer specializing
in Windows Communications? (Not me!)

What should I know about port programming[?]
Read a book. There is a _lot_ to know about using communications
ports. None of it is topical in this newsgroup, since the
_standard_ C++ language has no facilities for ports.

Is that very complicated???


I don't know since I don't know what _your_ definition of
complicated is. _I_ would consider serial and parallel
port programming as easy (as I've been doing it for over
20 years); however, _I_ consider Windows very complicated.
IMHO, programming in Windows is much more complicated than
programming a USART or parallel port controller.

--
Thomas Matthews

C++ newsgroup welcome message:
http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt
C++ Faq: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite
C Faq: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/c-faq/top.html
alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ faq:
http://www.raos.demon.uk/acllc-c++/faq.html
Other sites:
http://www.josuttis.com -- C++ STL Library book
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl -- Standard Template Library

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