vb6 array textbox help

katiepwr

hi lads

can anybody help me please with a problem i am trying to figure out for awhile now. ok first of all i am using vb6, i have an array of command buttons like so:

command1(0) command1(1) command1(2) command1(3)
command1(4) command1(5) command1(6) command1(7)
command1(8) command1(9) command1(10) command1(11)

when i click on command1() i want button_pressed =1 ......command1(11) button_pressed =12, i then need these values to be put into a textbox as an array of charachers corresponding to the command buttons that were pressed, so if i clicked all of the 12 commands one after the other, the textbox would display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12, and the final aim for me is to send this down to the serial port.

I have tried many times to get this to work, can anybody help me with my code??

Dim button_number as integer

Private Sub Command1_Click(Index As Integer)
Select Case Index
Case 0
button_number = 1
.
.
.
.
Case 11
button_number = 12
End Select
End Sub

This next bit is where i am having the most trouble

Text1.Text = Val(Command1.Count)

so if i click all of the buttons the text box will display them one after the other rather than over-write

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12


MSCOMM1.Output = "B" & Text1.Text 'The letter B is sent and is always first as it is being used as a start bit

Thank you in advance

Phileas Fogg

try

Private Sub Command1_Click(Index As Integer)

    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & " " & cstr(Index)

end sub

charlo_b

Private Sub Command1_Click(Index As Integer)

    Text1.Text = Text1.Text & " " & cstr([B]Index + 1[/B])

end sub

'Event for sending data to the serial port
Private Sub cmdSend_Click()               

    MSCOMM1.Settings = "9600,n,8,1"         'Making an assumption here
    MSCOMM1.CommPort = 1                             'Another assumption
    MSCOMM1.PortOpen = True
    MSCOMM1.Output = "B" & Text1.Text
    MSCOMM1.PortOpen = False

End Sub

What if they are pressed in random order......do they have to be sent sorted?
Also why not use the standard convention of <stx>data<etx> when sending the data down the serial line? <stx> = chr(2) <etx> = chr(3)

katiepwr

thank you for your help

i have never used

<stx>data<etx> is it easy to use?

i think i would need to send them out in order because i need to write a c code array to pick up the values on the other end.

Can i just ask one more question with regards my command button program. All together i will have 16 command buttons which is a 4 by 4 matrix.
i will call the command buttons (0,0) (0,1)......etc

i have 4 available options, say the options are 1 2 3 & 4

when I click on a command button say (0 0 ) i get a prompt asking which option to choose, i pick option 2

i then need option 2 to be read into the first command button which is (0 0)

Each of my buttons must have an option assigned to it.

I have this working with my options and buttons, but what i need help doing is outputs this to the serial??

My idea (although it may not be the best) is to have a text box of lenght 16, and when i click on a command button and option, the option number knows where to go in the text box.

I am sorry for being so vague but i am finding it hard to explain

i know that i can use a flexgrid but how will i compile a flexgrid to a form that the serial will understand and then can be picked up by a c program

If anybody has any suggests i would be very gratefull

Gegerty

katiepwr wrote:

thank you for your help

i have never used

<stx>data<etx> is it easy to use?

i think i would need to send them out in order because i need to write a c code array to pick up the values on the other end.

Can i just ask one more question with regards my command button program. All together i will have 16 command buttons which is a 4 by 4 matrix.
i will call the command buttons (0,0) (0,1)......etc

i have 4 available options, say the options are 1 2 3 & 4

when I click on a command button say (0 0 ) i get a prompt asking which option to choose, i pick option 2

i then need option 2 to be read into the first command button which is (0 0)

Each of my buttons must have an option assigned to it.

I have this working with my options and buttons, but what i need help doing is outputs this to the serial??

My idea (although it may not be the best) is to have a text box of lenght 16, and when i click on a command button and option, the option number knows where to go in the text box.

I am sorry for being so vague but i am finding it hard to explain

i know that i can use a flexgrid but how will i compile a flexgrid to a form that the serial will understand and then can be picked up by a c program

If anybody has any suggests i would be very gratefull

Send your output into an xml file, which can be read by any language.

charlo_b

Your going to have to be less vague.
I don't really understand what is required.

The requirements also seem to have changed from the original post!