SetTimer()
I am using MFC's to develop and application that reads
data from serial port every sec or 500ms Parse & update data into
dialog boxes.
This is what I have in mind, Let me know if this will work. I am really
keeping it as simple as possible. I don't really need a high accuracy
in Time..
CSerialIO::OnBnSerial()
{
......
......
//All Initializations here
SetTimer(IDC_Time,500,Null)
}
CSerialIO::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{
ReadSerialport(); //All the data reading & Parsing is done in this
function
UpdateData(False);
CDialog::OnTimer(UINT nIDEVENT)
}
Once I press the Serial button I should have a timer started that reads
from the serial port every 500ms....Right??
Let me know
Raghu
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Never Mind my question, I already got it working Thanks, Raghu
"Raghu" <raghavendra.bulusu@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135888556.856949.236800@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
....
> CSerialIO::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
> {
> ReadSerialport(); //All the data reading & Parsing is done in this
> function
> UpdateData(False);
> CDialog::OnTimer(UINT nIDEVENT)
> }
>
It's good that you have it working. The code you posted looks basically
correct.
However, you should not pass the timer event onto the base class if it's
your expected ID. Sometimes the base class eats the timer (e.g., a list
view will eat the timer and then call KillTimer()).
Your code should process the timer if it's yours, and call the base class if
it's not:
CSerialIO::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{
if ( nIDEvent == IDC_Time )
{
ReadSerialport(); //All the data reading & Parsing is done in this
function
UpdateData(False);
}
else
{
CDialog::OnTimer(UINT nIDEVENT)
}
}
MikeAThon20001What happens to the data which is being sent? If you are reading the data every n ms, and
data comes in faster, then you will eventually lose data. You are trying to implement
what is a classic imperative interface in an environment which should be thought of as
asynchronous event-driven.
I'm curious what you think the UpdateData is going to do. I abhor the presence of
UpdateData in any program; it usually creates programs that are hard to write, hard to
debug, and nearly impossible to maintain.
You should also check for the nIDEvent being IDC_Time (and you shouldn't use IDC_ as a
prefix, since it indicates the ID of a Control, not the ID of a Timer).
So while this will in fact read data every 500ms, the whole idea sounds a bit dangerous.
What happens if you fall behind the data? Note that 500ms is the minimum time, but the
maximum time is unbounded. So you could potentially go several seconds without reading
data. What happens to the data which is being delivered? What about data overrun (the
kernel buffer fills up and you lose data)? What happens if you don't have a complete
message and you have to wait for all of it to arrive, and it takes longer than 500ms?
You've probably blocked the GUI.
I do a lot with serial interfaces, and this pretty much inverts the whole idea of how they
should work. Updates should be driven by the arrival of data, not by polling by timer.
However, note that data arrival may be processed immediately but update of the display may
be deferred.
joe
On 29 Dec 2005 12:35:56 -0800, "Raghu" <raghavendra.bulusu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using MFC's to develop and application that reads
>data from serial port every sec or 500ms Parse & update data into
>dialog boxes.
>
>This is what I have in mind, Let me know if this will work. I am really
>keeping it as simple as possible. I don't really need a high accuracy
>in Time..
>
>CSerialIO::OnBnSerial()
>{
>.....
>.....
>//All Initializations here
>SetTimer(IDC_Time,500,Null)
>}
>
>CSerialIO::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
>{
> ReadSerialport(); //All the data reading & Parsing is done in this
>function
> UpdateData(False);
> CDialog::OnTimer(UINT nIDEVENT)
>}
>
>Once I press the Serial button I should have a timer started that reads
>from the serial port every 500ms....Right??
>
>Let me know
>Raghu
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I have an app that uses a lot of timers. I'm using enums for the IDs so that I can spot them more easily. My question is, can the return value of SetTimer be different than the ID I set it too or is it only so when SetTimer fails? IOW, can I safely count on my enum IDs to be valid nIDEvents? Thank you all and happy holidays. >I have an app that uses a lot of timers. I'm using enums for the IDs >so that I can spot them more easily. My question is, can the return >value of SetTimer be different than the ID I set it too or is it only >so when SetTimer fails? IOW, can I safel...
SetTimer strange behavior
Found a weird problem today and didn't see it in the archives. I was doing a SetTimer based on an estimated time and happened to get a very big value (c7fffb50). Timer returned immediately which surprised me since that's on the order of 39 days. I got curious and did some testing. Even though nElapse is an UINT (which should handle ffffffff milliseconds) if I got much above 6fffffff it blew up. Below that it seemed to run fine (though I didn't wait around for 21 days just to check). Anybody seen this before? Any insight into what's going on down at the system level? Fr...
OnTimer(), SetTimer() & KillTimer()
I have a view window that I want to update automaticaly every couple of seconds. I'm trying to use the timer functions but I'm getting strange behaviour and MSDN seems slightly contradictary. can anyone help My view class constructor contain m_uiTimer = 0 ; // m_uiTimer is an unsigned int member variabl My OnInitialUpdate() contain m_uiTimer = SetTimer( 1, 5000, NULL ) I have an OnTimer event handler containin TRACE ( _T("%s[%d] Development Note - Timer event occured\n"), _T(__FILE__), __LINE__ ) RefreshList() ; // rebuilds the contents of the lis MyListView::OnT...