Ok. Thank you for that tip. I will try to do it that way instead.
Andrew
W.F. Ableson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:19137@palm-dev-forum...
>
> To do the open,send,close in one motion, you should use SerSendWait
instead
> of SerSend.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Problem with SerSend
>
>
> > I actually figured it out. I guess i can't do all three steps, open,
> send,
> > then close right after each other. Once i split them up, and had to
call
> > them seperately it worked. But another question, does anyone know how
to
> > get the number of Char's in a string other thant StrLen? I have to step
> > through the string checkinf the char and the refeence says it won't work
> > correctly with all devices since it returns the number of bytes. Thanks
> > again
> > Andrew
> > W.F. Ableson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:19135@palm-dev-forum...
> > >
> >
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > Can you verify that the text has been pulled out properly (ie, isolate
a
> > > form field problem vs. Serial problem).
> > >
> > > Frank Ableson
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Andrew Lathrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
> > > To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:23 PM
> > > Subject: Problem with SerSend
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm using the following code snippet to send data over the serial
> port.
> > > It
> > > > came from Bachmann's Palm Programming book. The compiled PRC that
> come
> > > > withe the book works fne, but when i use the code from the book, it
> > > doesn't
> > > > work. Instead of printing out the same thing that is in the field,
i
> > only
> > > > get the first letter. I am using the palm in the cradle, and am
> sending
> > > the
> > > > data to HyperTerminal. Any suggestions? Thanks
> > > > Andrew
> > > > // get message from our field
> > > > wIDField = FrmGetObjectIndex(formP,MainMessageField);
> > > > pCtlField = (FieldPtr) FrmGetObjectPtr(formP,wIDField);
> > > > hText = FldGetTextHandle (pCtlField);
> > > > pText = (CharPtr) MemHandleLock(hText);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > // let's send our message!
> > > > SerSend(SerialRefNum,(unsigned char *) pText,StrLen( pText ),&e);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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