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[Hector M Banda]

Hi all,
How can I send chr(7) thru VB2005 using the parallel port?
BTW This is for a POS system.
Thanks,

-hb

[Mike C#]

Sounds like you want to send raw data to the parallel port; maybe treat it
like a printer? Here's a couple of links that might be helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138594/
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...25408&SiteId=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...20932&SiteId=1

There's also a section or sending raw data to a printer with VB2005 in this
book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vb2005ckbk/toc.html, although I
haven't read it myself. Might be worth browsing through at the local
bookstore if you have time.

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Hi all,
How can I send chr(7) thru VB2005 using the parallel port?
BTW This is for a POS system.
Thanks,

-hb

[Theo Verweij]

Try:
Shell("cmd /c@echo " & chr(7) & " lpt1:"

Hector M Banda wrote:

Hi all,
How can I send chr(7) thru VB2005 using the parallel port?
BTW This is for a POS system.
Thanks,

-hb

[Dick Grier]

Hi,

You can download IONet.dll from my homepage. This would allow you to bypass
Windows and send the data directly. However, there are other ways:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154078

for example.

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Richard Grier, MVP
Hard & Software
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth
Edition,
ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March
2006.
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[Theo Verweij]

Just found that the following worked under VB6 - try it in .net (and let
us know if it still works)

Dim fn As Integer
fn = FreeFile()

Open "LPT1:" For Output As #fn
Print #fn, "your data here"
Close #fn

Theo Verweij wrote:

Try:
Shell("cmd /c@echo " & chr(7) & " lpt1:"

Hector M Banda wrote:

>Hi all,
How can I send chr(7) thru VB2005 using the parallel port?
BTW This is for a POS system.
Thanks,

-hb