Automation and Events

denilia

hi all

I wonder is it possible to make a Navision client sit and listen for event from external module without a loop? I have a DLL that gets the data from the serial communication, process it, and set ready for use.
Right now, I have Navision in infinite loop waiting for the data. What I need is some sort of event trigger from Navision and i'm not sure how to do so.

Thank you

Marije_Brummel

Your automation variable has a property "WithEvents"

denilia

Ok, I found that property. i started to search the forums to find some examples how it's implemented. But I cannot see my triggers like some people say.

This is a stripped DLL code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO.Ports;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Navision
{
    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
    public interface iSerial
    {
        [DispIdAttribute(1)]
        void OpenSerialPort();
        void CloseSerialPort();
        string GetString();
        

    }
    [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
    public class Serial : iSerial
    {
       
        private SerialPort sp;
        private string SerialString;
        public Serial()
        {
        }
        public void OpenSerialport()
        {
            try
            {
                sp = new SerialPort("COM1", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
                sp.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(this.sp_DataReceived);
                sp.ReceivedBytesThreshold = 1;
                sp.Handshake = Handshake.None;
                sp.ReadTimeout = 200;
                sp.Open();
            }
            catch   {  }     
        }
        private void sp_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.EventType == SerialData.Chars)
            {
               
                SetString = Data;             

            }           
        }
        public string SetString
        {
            get
            { return SerialString; }
            set 
            { SerialString = value; }

        }
        public string GetString()
        {
            string tmp = SetString;
            return tmp;
        }
       
        public void StopSerialGun()
        {
            sp.Close();            
        }        
    }
}

What am I doing wrong? and Where in C/AL I can see that WithEvents trigger?

lubost

You have to generate event in your DLL.
In your code is nothing to fire any event which can send a data to Navision. By the way, I think that safer way is to save the received data into a file and create timer loop in Navision to check for that file(s).

denilia

Well, it needs to be real time, so i cannot use the file. however I did revise the code, and now i can see the triggers in Navision. But it does not fire the event. I can see that the event function is called, but nothing in Navision

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO.Ports;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;


namespace NAV_Serial_Port
{
    
    [ComVisible(false)] 
    public delegate void GetSerialtring();

    [InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
    public interface SerialEvents
    {
        [DispIdAttribute(1)]
        event GetSerialString MyEvent;        
        void FireEvent();
        
    } 

    
    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
    public interface iSerial
    {
        [DispIdAttribute(2)]
        void OpenSerialPort();
        void StopSerialport();        
        string GetString(); 

    }
    
    [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
    [ComSourceInterfaces(typeof(SerialEvents))]
    public class Serial : iSerial    {
       
        private SerialPort sp;
        private string SerialString;
        public event GetSerialString MyEvent;
       
        public Serial()
        {
        }
        
        public void FireEvent()
        {
            if (MyEvent != null)
                MyEvent();
            
        }
        public void CallEvent()
        {
            Serial s = new Serial();
            s.MyEvent += new GetSerialString(f);
            s.FireEvent();
            s.MyEvent -= new GetSerialString(f);           

        }
        public void f()
        {                      
        }

        
        public void OpenSerialPort()
        {
            try
            {
                sp = new SerialPort("COM1", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);
                sp.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(this.sp_DataReceived);
                sp.ReceivedBytesThreshold = 1;
                sp.Handshake = Handshake.None;
                sp.ReadTimeout = 200;
                sp.Open();
            }
            catch
            {               
            }    

        }
        public void sp_DataReceived(object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.EventType == SerialData.Chars)
            {
                
                 SetString = Data;
                  callEvent();                  

            }                
                
        }
        
        public string SetString
        {
            get
            { return GunString; }
            set 
            { GunString = value; }

        }
        public string GetString()
        {
            string tmp = SetString;
            return tmp;
        }
       
        public void StopSerialport()
        {
            try
            {
                sp.Close();
                sp.Dispose();
            }
            catch {}
        }

        
    }
}

denilia

I figured it out. Thanks

absolutelyfreeweb

what was wrong?

keneth

I am facing the same problem. How did you solve it, Denilia?