thank you a hundred times over robingobyn , that was exactly what I have been looking for. I posted this question on another forum 6 months ago and never got any response! Thanks to all for taking the time to help/read.
johnwm is correct. I used to write and read directly to a digital input/output circuit board. example in hex....
out &h200,&h2 would make bit 2 of port 200 go high or turn on. inputs would be inp(&h200). I just assumed there has to be a way to still write applications for these boards. They
are...
I used to write to ports at the bit level by way of the following ex. (OUT &H200,&H1)
How would I do this in vb 6? Back to peek and poke?
thanks for your help
plcjunkie