Parallel ports and scanner in vb6

[Dave]

Im just starting in vb6 and want to write a scanning
program, but iam being flumoxed by the use of and access
to parallel ports.
Can anyone help? please
Thanks
Dave

[Bob]

If you are wanting to code for Windows XP only, and can use USB scanners
instead of the parallel models (which by the way is a much better option -
better transfer rate, and hot pluggable), you could look into using the
Windows Image Acquisition object library... I think 1.0 comes with XP but
you can also download 2.0... I've been using it a lot lately and it's pretty
cool...and easy to use... search for WIA 2.0 on google...
"Dave" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Im just starting in vb6 and want to write a scanning
program, but iam being flumoxed by the use of and access
to parallel ports.
Can anyone help? please
Thanks
Dave

[Bob]

Actually, I just had a look and found this:

WIA supports SCSI, IEEE 1394, USB, and serial digital still image devices.
Support for infrared, parallel, and serial still image devices, which are
connected to standard COM ports, is provided by standard infrared, parallel,
and serial interfaces. Image scanners and digital cameras are examples of
WIA devices. WIA also supports Microsoft DirectShow®-based webcams and
digital video (DV) camcorders to capture frames from video.

I've only tried it on XP with a USB digital camera... it looks like it
supports way more than I thought...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...h_dmt_nwln.asp

Cheers

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If you are wanting to code for Windows XP only, and can use USB scanners
instead of the parallel models (which by the way is a much better option -
better transfer rate, and hot pluggable), you could look into using the
Windows Image Acquisition object library... I think 1.0 comes with XP but
you can also download 2.0... I've been using it a lot lately and it's pretty cool...and easy to use... search for WIA 2.0 on google...
"Dave" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03****************************@phx.gbl...

Im just starting in vb6 and want to write a scanning
program, but iam being flumoxed by the use of and access
to parallel ports.
Can anyone help? please
Thanks
Dave

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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