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Ports and Interfaces => USB => Topic started by: Malcom Philbert on June 10, 2016, 10:49:18 pm

Title: Getting started with VB6 and USB
Post by: Malcom Philbert on June 10, 2016, 10:49:18 pm

Hello,

I am doing a USB HID product that has to be very compatible with old computers, so I am using an XP computer and VB6 to develop it, with the assumption it will be forward-compatible from XP to any modern computers.  I have 2nd edition of USB Complete (complete with a time-erased floppy inside).  Should I even bother ordering a newer edition of the book before I begin?  Is there something I might be missing? (or are later editions .NET only?)

After skimming through the 2nd edition book, it turns our I need DDK which is no longer available.  But I found the page http://www.alanmacek.com/usb/   which has the files needed in lieu of the DDK.  Does anyone know a page online (or here) with instructions which directories to place these files?  I know VB6 only, no C++.  When I try code from the book without these files, I get error messages.

Title: Re: Getting started with VB6 and USB
Post by: Jan Axelson on June 11, 2016, 02:08:06 pm

Just be sure the location is in a path where Windows searches. Do a web search on

windows path

to find out more.

If you're using VB6 and HID, you likely don't need a newer edition of the book.