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Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:46 am
by lungchard
I have just upgraded to V6 and trying some of my old V5 programs. I have a problem with displaying strings on my LCD. I am using EB-006-00-8 with EB083-00-1.
To test this issue on both versions, I created a simple flowchart in versions 5 and 6. Version 6 is attached.
It works fine in version 5 but not version 6. It dispalys the wrong number.
One observation i made with V6 was that if my ulong variable (called test) is less than 5 digits long, it works ok. Adding another digit and it fails.
I did find something about this issue on the forum where it says use the format something like txt = string test but this produces a compiler error.
Has anyone else had similar issue? I sure would be pleased to hear from anyone who can suggest a fix.
Best Regards
Richard Hogan.
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:21 pm
by Benj
Hello Richard,
Which version of v6 are you using and is this the error your receiving?
Print A String V6.c(618:23): error: ',' expected
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:48 pm
by lungchard
Hello Benj,
Happy new year and welcome back to the hot seat!
I am using version V6.0.4.0 (27-11-2013). Operating system is XP.
I get compiler error when i use the format txt = string test. Txt is my string variable and test is my ulong variable.
See attached file for error message info.
If i use txt = ToString$ (test) it does compile but LCD shows wrong value if test variable is longer than 5 digits.
I hope this is helpful.
Best Regards
Richard Hogan.
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Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:58 pm
by lungchard
Hello Benj,
Just one point I need to mention in case it is important.
The PC computer that I use for Version 5 runs windows 7. For flowcode V6 (my home PC) runs XP.
Best Regards
Richard Hogan.
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:20 pm
by lungchard
Hello Benj,
Just to assist with finding this issue, i installed V6 onto my laptop running windows 7.
If i use the format txt = Tostring (text) it will compile but LCD displays wrong value.
If i use the format txt = string test then i get compile error as per your previous mail (error: ',' expected).
Hope this helps,
Best Regards
Richard Hogan.
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:15 pm
by Benj
Thanks for letting me know.
I've logged the bug in our bug tracker so we should be able to get this sorted for you.
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:53 pm
by lungchard
Benj wrote:Thanks for letting me know.
I've logged the bug in our bug tracker so we should be able to get this sorted for you.
Thanks Benj.
Re: Writing strings to LCD
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:48 pm
by JFinlayson
Hi
I am having same problems trying to display ulint and ulong to Glcd. I have tried converting ulong and uint to string but get wrong value. it would appear that you can only convert an int to string. Any help in solving this problem would be appreciated.
Happy New Year by the way!
