Re: Ada binding for USB ports on Windows 95?

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:40:35 -0400, Bob Spooner wrote:

> Does anyone know of such a binding or, lacking that, a source for the 
> specifications for the C interface so I can write my own?

C specifications can be found in the MSDN. For example HID USB devices:

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790932.aspx

I doubt that there exist Ada sources, for all the API is catastrophic. For
example, to catch device connect/disconnect notifications you need a
window! They are sent as window message!

As for C. You can find some C++ code here:

   http://lvr.com/hidpage.htm#MyExampleCode

Beware, if I correctly remember, the code is not very good (contains
superfluous calls, maybe, even leaks resources, I don't remember the
details, sorry. So carefully read Microsoft description of the API
functions the code uses. You will easily figure out its weak points.

P.S. I cannot tell anything useful about Windows 95. AFAIK, it did not
fully support USB.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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