I realize that this is a late post, but you can use the DirList control to navigate to the right directory. Along with a DriveList control and FileList control, you can get right down to the file if you like.
It will save you from having to fat finger in the directory structure, and it returns...
There should be a small amount of power across pins 1 & 2 and 3 & 6. I forget which pair gets energized by the hub, but I think that it is 1 & 2. A simple diode across the pins should do the trick.
Of course this wouldn't mean that the outlet worked, only that the pair from the hub is good...
Try "burning" your CD as a USB drive, like a thumb drive. It is also removable media and will execute the autorun.inf that is in the root directory as soon as it is inserted and mounted.
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The text printed on a form is just that, text with attributes. But on an image control it will probably be contained in the image that is displayed.
I've seen code somewhere to enumerate through the applications that are running an pull the Form.Caption information for each one that has a form...
I would think that you would want to look at CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) and LPR source code. It should give you an idea of how to program for the parallel port.
http://www.cups.org/software.php
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lprng
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