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mike UK

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  1. I have no experience whatso ever with reading and writeing to COM ports but....... Here is some code I found on PLanet source code that may help... It has three OCX that need regsvr32 ing but appart from that just open it up and read the code and start communicating with your serial ports. http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scrigWId=1#zip If this dosnt work go to planetsourcecode.com and do a search for VB & serial port
  2. Id like to put this into some sort of common sense context please. If you read all of Pete's info on this subject then its a lot clearer and answers all of the questions put forward. For a lot of people FS just isnt FS without FSUIPC, like life isnt life without an Internet connection, or work dosnt get done without a Coffee supply. You pay for Coffeee and an ISP account why not FSUIPC. Pete, in my view, is talking about a minimul amount of money in real terms. Pete has also talked about freeware products and his continued support for FSUIPC in freeware... So dont get your nickers in a twist.. I have to be honest and say, like alot of people, I have paid £20, £30 or more for some real rubish software in my time. A similar figure for FSUIPC & Wide is damn good value for money. I also have to be honest and say that the donation scheme was doomed to failure, but Pete did give it a try before going down the payware route.. Like many others I always intended on making a donation but never actuall found the time to do it. Another PAYE or VAT form to fill in etc... On the moral issue..... Pete has freely, without strings attached, dedicated years to us and now he is asking for our support. YOU HAVE IT......... All the way......
  3. I can offer some help on this one. If you call anything VB related, help! Public Property Get heading_value() As Long Dim succ As Boolean, offset As Long, Num As Long offset = &H0580 succ = FSUIPC.Readbit(offset, 4, VarPtr(APilot.mvarheading_value)) heading_value = Math.Round((mvarheading_value * 360) / (65536 * 65536) + (magvar) End Property where mavrheading is a global private Long works absolutly fine. If you are still worried about + & - then * by -1 If I have learnt anything from Pete its this, dont worry or think about it to hard. JUST DO IT............
  4. I am the same, though I started with a unipunch making holes individually in paper tape in order to bootstrap code into prototype mainframes -- back in 1963, when I started as an engineering test programmer! Well its a case of each to there own then. I started in the game late in life(31) after being a sheet metal eng. Then did a degree in Geology(Just because I love the subject) and then the PC boom took off in the UK. I have no formal qualifications in ICT and am completely self tought in ASP, VB 4 5 6 and now looks like dotNET as well as ASP VBS, Win2k Sys admin etc. Suits me as I dont do assembly or C and I can visualise functions, classes etc like a flowel diagram. I regret no having any C or C++ training as there is so much I cant do. Like win systems stuff. But never mind Im happy so thats that... I havnt had time to deal with the dotNET code, as off yet, but when its finished and working I'll post it back to the forum.... Thanks alot Mike
  5. Im humbled in your presence......Scott & Pete :D A help forum is one thing but, just like FSUIPC, you take it to a new level... I really didnt expect you to do this sort of thing, although its much appreciated of course. Thank you very much guys and I really do mean that. If I can ask a question. why is only 1 COM freq exposed in FSUIPC SDK doc. Is this a bill gates thing! Anything I can do for you in the future just let me know
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