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Started by GRAHAME DUKE
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
VB5 Oncomm and Timer Question
Author: GRAHAME DUKE
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
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I have a program which will interrigate a piece of hardware for inforamtion. The recieved data has no handshaking protocol. Here's the problem. I want to run a few lines of program on a button click), look at the Rx comm1 buffer. If empty, wait indefinatly. If something present, run the Oncomm_event for a time (about 1 or 2 secs) which will store each piece of data into a array. As the data stream lasts only a second or two, continue storing data. After 2 secs, go back to where I left off, run some more program, clear buffer and repeat. In other words, on button click, test Rx buffer. If charatcer in buffer, collect all characters recieved for 2 secs, Go back to program, reset buffer and repeat, Any ideas? Grahame. How can I, on a button click, let a program wait until the comm1 recieve buffer (which starts empty), wait until something arrives, then with the Oncomm event, collect all the information (and store them into a dimensioned variable) which
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