App That Reads From The Com Port, Filters The Data, Then Writes To The Text Box?
Mar 15, 2009
I am writing an app that reads from the com port, filters the data, then writes to the text box, then immediately starts over. This all takes place in an endless " do while" loop within the "start" button code. I also have a end button too which closes the com port and ends the program. Some other buttons are present also to change the filter settings.Problem is when I click start, data is logged, but none of the other buttons work. Also some of the text boxes are "see through" and dont look like thy have updated with the rest of the form.
A function of my app is to encrypt a file with TripleDES. The problem is that when the app reads the data, encrypts it, and writes it back, the new data is appended. I need it to overwrite the original contents.Here is the code:
Dim DES As New System.Security.Cryptography.TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider[code]............
I should create a program for a Pocket PC that reads & writes data from an MSAccess database located on a desktop computer (pocket PC and desktop one are connected through a Wi-Fi connection).Is that possible?
I'm launching my application at the end of installation using custom installer class - Sub oncommited.I'm using vb 2005 setup project.The application main form load event need to read/write values from HKCUSoftwareMyApp registry.The problem is that when the application is launched at the end of installation ,it reads/writes from HKEY_Users.DefaultSoftwareMyApp instead of HKCU though I've written
My .Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(RegKey).GetValue("Name","")
When the application is launched through Program files shortcut,it reads/writes properly.I need to exit the application depending on registry values.
I'm currently finishing up a project that reads / writes to an access database. The only issue I'm having is that it needs to have the file path to the database file. EX:
I'm having a bit of trouble with the SerialPort class I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on. Specifically, writing to the port appears to work without incident. However, reading data is proving problematic. Initially I thought it was my hardware, but testing suggested the fault lied in software. I was able to confirm this with the installation of a loopback device on the port. It tends to be missing bytes, inserting bad bytes, and shifting bytes randomly.
Im trying to buffer data being written to a device on a com port. The equipment attached to it does not use any form of flow contol and if you write to much information to quickly it falls over. So I have had the following thoughts.
I would create a list of strings and when I wanted to write data to the com Port I would just add the string to the list. I would then have a Sub running its own thread to step through the list, write the string to the com port ,pause a fixed amount of time, remove string from list and repeat until the list is empty. Then keep looping the above.
Code I have so far is below
Private MsgList as new List (of string) Private sub MsgPump () Do
[Code]....
THis does work but If I add strings to MsgList to quickly it throws an exception.
I've had a search through a number of extremely useful articles on the forums, however rather than reinvent the wheel I thought I would ask if anyone already had what I am looking for..A simply little VB app that opens a session to a specific IP port and then writes to a test file everything it receives. If the connection drops, simply re-stablish it and keep listening for text to write to the file.
I'm designing a form wherein a datagrid is being filtered from numerous controls.
The issue im having is each filter overrides the previous one. Just wondering the best way to approach this problem.
Heres a snippet of my
Private Sub MakeIDComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MakeIDComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged Sheet1BindingSource.Filter = "Make like '" & MakeIDComboBox.SelectedItem & "'" End Sub
I am looking to find the best way to do the following: Filter data based on the drop down filters, as long as I am within the same product category (e.g. toys, puzzles, etc...), but in different web forms (product grid and product detail).So if I select toys under $25, I need the filter to the toys in a grid format, but if I click to view the detail I need the filter information so I can filter the related items display.Display certain filters depending on the product category.Right now I believe that if I build a user control and session variables that I should be able to accomplish this.
EDIT: Right now I am using the page_load event to update the data and would like to avoid AJAX for right now.
I have a hardware which sends out packets containing 17 bytes to the comport in bursts of 3. the little test VB that I have written receives and displays the bytes in a line of 17 bytes long and works fine until it gets to around 170th packet, then it starts to mix up (looks like shifting the data left) the bytes shift mostly by one digit sometimes by two. then it will continue to give almost a packet correct and a packet shifted for about 50 packets. Then it will correct itself for a long while, but then the speed at which it receives drops. All the packets are sent 3 times, and before things go wrong (within the first 170 packets) the packet counter shows that it receives 3 packet each time but after the problem it goes to 2 packet per burst and then to one.
If i close my VB monitoring program say at packet 165 and immediately open it again, it wont go wrong for another 170 packets, this points the finger at VB. I have check my hardware, there is no problem with that.The program reads port - waits for 17 bytes - once 17 has been received it will go and buffer the packet in an array. In fact they are 2 arrays but printing fro either results in the same problem.I have tried whatever i could think of but to no avail, i am wondering if some kind of house keeping needs to be done to clear something... I am sorry the program is a bit messy but I have been making many changes to find out what the problem is - my code below:[code]
i have this message program that writes text to a .txt file when i push a button and a filesystemwatcher that checks for when that file is changed and when it is it set the text of another textbox in my program to the text of the file. in the text i transport over there are usernames, i want the program to check to see if textbox contains that text then i want it to highlight or color or change the font of that text, or username. but i want it to just change the username's attributes not the whole text box,
I have a program that currently takes data and writes it to a MS Excel spreadsheet. (automatically opens the program, creates the cells, and fills them with data)
I would like to add an additional feature to my program that offers support for OpenOffice.org's 'Calc' spreadsheet program. (so users without MS Excel can use the application) So I am basically asking if anyone knows how to automate OpenOffice 'Calc' from VB.net. (I am using Visual Studio 2005)
I have searched on the OpenOffice forums but no one seems to know the vb.net code for this. So I was wondering if anyone here has done this, or would know how to do this.
i am trying to write a simple programme to allow the user to open and read data from a RS232 port on a medical equipment and save the data into text file. Iam not a techie. I am totally new to programming save a few projects in foxpro(lol.....yeah oldshool).
I'm making a front end to dvdauthor.I have a picturebox which holds the menu background. In order to draw a textbutton on the background image I store the image in a hidden picturebox. So the text doesn't get drawn to the visible background.
Dim ctl As Control For Each c As Control In pbMenu1.Controls If c.GetType() Is GetType(TextBtn) Then[code]...
This works the first time. But if I hit save again it writes the text to the background image on pbMenu1.
I am running a Point of Sale program that writes the ticket information to a text file and then prints the file.The problem I am running into on the one of the computers I am dealing with is that it prints the vbTab I am sending as one space. The computer is running Windows 2000 SP4 and has the .NET framework up to 2.0
I have a small console application that writes the [TARGETDIR] from my msi installer to a text file.If I choose C:Program Files as the installation folder, it only writes out C:Program..What would you use so that it doesn't stop writing when there's a space? [code]
I'm trying to create a program which reads a text file into an array.
[Code]...
But that's just silly so how can I fix this? Lines isn't being assigned a null value it's being assigned the first line of text in the file which has text in it so I'm confused.
I am working on a project that involes reading an Excel file, picking through it, then creating a flat CSV file. One of the the data elements I am picking up is a 9 character string that may be numeric, or contain one or more alpha chatacters. Excel has a nasty habit of converting long numerics to scientific notaion. I can overcome this by converting the "general" string to "TEXT".
However, there is one instance where I can not get the function to work...the string is "90333E108" ( the CUSIP for USU). Regardless, the text string is saved properly into the CSV file. When opened in a text editor, it reads correctly.
When opened with Excel, it is in scientific notation. Changing the field to "text" from "scientific" still displays "9.03E+112".
how to create an csv file that Excel will open and read correctly?
You can test this by creating an Excel workbook, format all cells as TEXT and add the following data:
im makign a game that reads text files off of an ftp server. everything is working great. except for the fact that i cant read more then the first line of the players text file. how would i use substring to, for example, look for 'inventory' and get all the info under 'inventory' and above the next title?
I have a piece of code that reads in lines of tabbed text. It is a game of who wants to be a millionaire. What I would like to do is get the game to incorporate random questioning. The format of the text file is as follows:
Which record company did the Beatles create? (tab)Apple Records (tab)Sony (tab)BMG (tab)LiteFM (tab)Apple Records (tab) Which has the highest mountain? (tab)Mars (tab)Ireland (tab)Iceland (tab)America (tab)Mars(tab) With a set amount of lines. I want the program to choose each question randomly and not to repeat the question. I'm not sure how to incorporate it into the code.
I have a USB device which creates a Virtual Serial Port on Windows. I am using VB.Net to write and read from the port. My device responds with specific sized set of bytes, but I am finding that SerialPort.Read(byte-array,offset,number-bytes) does not return the full number-bytes but it also does not timeout or generate an exception. Repeated calls return additional fragments (up to 3 calls required). Python code using pySerial does not have the same problem.So, what am I doing wrong here? Am I expecting too much?
Some scenarios are:I write a command to the port and expect to get 4 bytes in response. I get 1 byte first and then 3 bytes on the subsequent call.I write a command and expect 21120 bytes in response. I get 1, 12671 and then 8448 bytes in 3 calls to read from the port.
Here are some excerpts from my code:
Private Sub SetupVirtualSerialPort() Dim portName As String = "COM" + (m_DeviceContext * -1).ToString Const baud As Int32 = 9600 '7680000 Const parity As Parity = parity.None
I'm trying to make a simple Class that reads data from a SerialPort.The Device returns a number of lines of Strings.[code]However running this code in a Form with one TextBox Control (txtLog) Allways results in the "The operation has timed-out." Exception.[code]
I am using VS2008(VB.NET) and SQL Server2000. I want to make an application which reads files and Insert Data into SQL. If first file has some error. Write into log and Move Next file for Proceed. How can I do that.
I'm having problem with our germany customers whose operating system uses dot as thousand separator and comma as decimal point.I have an application which reads some text from an Access database, parse it into data and display on a datagridview,the program also needs to write the data into another file as input to another application. right now, it seems when my application parses doubles (say 0.2500),germany os will always return everything except the decimal dot(so 0.2500 becomes 2500),and that just messed up the whole process...so my question is, how can we detect the locale of the windows and parse the doubles correctly?
