I am writing directly to the USB device finally using the setupapi. I am working on the read portion now (to handle data back from a card swipe which is built-in to the printer)...

>Hi Tracy,
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>You're welcome. :)
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>>By the way, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU,... a thousand times Sergey.
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>>Between you, Herman, Borislav, Christian, and Carlos, I should be able to write to/read from the USB device directly. All I needed was the handle to the device and it was a BEAR getting it... (due to my own limitations of course) :o) Now on to createfile() and makefile()... *G* (Oh yeah, the guids were actually in usbbio.h and usbprint.h)
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