inpout32.dll

[Baz]

Hi ya.

Could someone provide a line of code that uses this dll to turn on one of the LPT data pins?

At the moment I am using another program to control the LPT port but would like to do it with AutoIt.

Thanks in advanced.

Baz.

[cppman]

where is that dll located?

[Baz]

  CHRIS95219 said:

where is that dll located?

The dll can be found at http://www.logix4u.net

This is my code at the moment. The function for button 3 was found from another post in the forum.

Cheers

Baz

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

Opt ("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

GUICreate("Animate Window", 300, 300)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("On", 24, 40, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button1")

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Off", 24, 80, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button2")

$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Check", 24, 120, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button3")

$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 24, 160, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button4")

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$BasePortAddr = 0x379

While 1

$msg = GuiGetMsg()

Select

Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case Else

;;;;;;;

EndSelect

WEnd

Func button1()

$d = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Out32", "short", $BasePortAddr, "short", "5")

MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($d))

EndFunc

Func button2()

$d = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Out32", "short", $BasePortAddr, "short", "0")

MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($d))

EndFunc

Func button3()

$r = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Inp32", "short", $BasePortAddr)

MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($r[0]))

EndFunc

Func button4()

Exit

EndFunc

[cppman]

their is'nt really an extensive list of functions that the DLL contains...

[cppman]

yeah...

on the website, it only gives a few function names, no parameters or anything...

Edited March 8, 2006 by CHRIS95219

[Baz]

  CHRIS95219 said:

yeah... I have no idea of any functions that are in this DLL...

Ok, only spent about 4 hours on this now (only been using AutoIT since start of the year and I haven't tried to do things like this before!)

Anyway I have got it going after reading from the following site.

And here is my script as the basic function is working. I will now add the following:

-Tick box and or button for each of the eight outputs

-Graphic to represent the LED and or Relay

-Ability to add script to cycle the outputs.

Hope this may be of help to others.

Cheers

Baz.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

Opt ("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

GUICreate("BazMan LED Switch", 300, 300)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("On", 24, 40, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button1")

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Off", 24, 80, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button2")

$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Check", 24, 120, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button3")

$Button3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 24, 160, 121, 33, 0)

GUICtrlSetOnEvent (-1, "button4")

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$lpt1 = 888 ; hex. is 378 so dec. is 888

$lpt2 = 632 ; hex. is 278 so dec. is 632

$BasePortAddr = $lpt1

While 1

$msg = GuiGetMsg()

Select

Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

ExitLoop

Case Else

;;;;;;;

EndSelect

WEnd

Func button1()

$d = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Out32", "short", $BasePortAddr, "int", "11111111")

;MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($d)) ; used to check error returned from using dll if any!

EndFunc

Func button2()

$d = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Out32", "short", $BasePortAddr, "short", "00000000")

;MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($d))

EndFunc

Func button3()

$r = DllCall("inpout32.dll", "short", "Inp32", "short", $BasePortAddr)

MsgBox(0, "In2", "@Error: " & @error & @LF & "Result: " & Number($r[0]))

EndFunc

Func button4()

Exit

EndFunc

[peter1234]

Baz,

Thanks. Sometime I may want to send data in and out the LPT port and this will come in handy. What was the site you found the information on? Was it http://www.logix4u.net ?

[Baz]

  peter1234 said:

Baz,

Thanks. Sometime I may want to send data in and out the LPT port and this will come in handy. What was the site you found the information on? Was it http://www.logix4u.net ?

Sorry, I see that I forgot to add the url.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csppleds.asp and about two thirds the way down the page was where I found the answer.

Baz