raw parallel port access

[Uwe Bonnes]

>>>>> "Primorec" == Primorec  <igor.furlan at gmail.com> writes:

    Primorec> I am trying to achieve the same goal as Chris to no avail. My
    Primorec> Windows program uses INPOUT32.DLL for talking to the parallel
    Primorec> port.  Does this dll belongs to "some unknown VXD" ?

http://www.logix4u.net/inpout32.htm

tells:

 2) Using a kernel mode driver embedded in the dll

However 
http://www.logix4u.net/inpout_theory.htm
shows that when running under win9x, it should use inp/outp. 
So try setting the wine version to win98. With the ppdev part configures
right, and you as user having access right to the configured /dev/parport,
things should work. Look with WINEDEBUG=+io,+int,+vxd
This could be your first approach.

Regarding inpout32:
The source can be found on http://www.logix4u.cjb.net. The dll only exposes
two functions:

LIBRARY INPOUT32

EXPORTS

Inp32           @1
Out32           @2

So to reimplement it in Wine, you only need create a new wine dll named
INPOUT32. All the dll implementation has to do is to forward these functions
to DOSVM_inport and DOSVM_outport. Can I leave the implementation to you?

However the way the original dll loads the hardwrae driver is very
instructive!

Bye
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