[m__n]

If anyone can help me , I'll be thankful really....

In my program I must send a string of characters to the com port
( in fact the blue tooth module is being connected to the usb port of pc , and the system will define a com port for it , so I'm supposed to use the code for sending data to the COM PORT... )
In my code (as you see) I've used this command line :
" serialPort.Write(str, 0, str.Length); "
I know this command is for sending a data in "Byte type"( not characters !!) So The problem is that :
I DON'T KNOW what is the appropriate command For sending a "string of CHARACTERS " to the com port ??!!

Here is my code :

private void btncod_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   char[] str = new char[5];
   str[0] = 12;
   str[1] = 24;
   str[2] = 102;
   str[3] = 215;
   str[4] = 2;
   string portName = "COM3";
   int buadRate = 9600;
   SerialPort serialPort = new SerialPort(portName, buadRate);
   serialPort.DtrEnable = true;
   serialPort.RtsEnable = true;
   serialPort.Handshake = Handshake.None;
   serialPort.Parity = Parity.None;
   serialPort.StopBits = StopBits.One;
   serialPort.Open();
   serialPort.Write(str, 0, str.Length);
   serialPort.Close();
} 

[RudiVisser]

The .Write method of a serial port has 3 overloads.

Write(String)
Write(Byte[], Int32, Int32)
Write(Char[], Int32, Int32)

You can look further on SerialPort.Write Method @ MSDN.

Thus your code should work fine, what's the issue with your code? Compile error or not working?

[eclipsed4utoo]

here is a snippet on how to write and read from a SerialPort(COM port).

http://www.dreaminco...snippet2764.htm

[m__n]

MageUK, on 11 Jun, 2009 - 03:35 AM, said:

The .Write method of a serial port has 3 overloads.

Write(String)
Write(Byte[], Int32, Int32)
Write(Char[], Int32, Int32)

You can look further on SerialPort.Write Method @ MSDN.

Thus your code should work fine, what's the issue with your code? Compile error or not working?

Thanks for your reply ;
the problem is that there is a compiling error which says that a number like ,for example, 12 or 215,... can't convert to char type !!
in my code i considered that integer numbers can be defined as characters because I knew that character type does contain numbers !
so how can we send a string of integers to com port via these three methods ??!

[m__n]

eclipsed4utoo, on 11 Jun, 2009 - 04:13 AM, said:

here is a snippet on how to write and read from a SerialPort(COM port).

http://www.dreaminco...snippet2764.htm

thanks for your reply;
But I'm not familier with "try" & "catch " , so I prefer to use the simple commands as " serialPort.Write..." !! but there is an error that it can't convert numbers(eg 123 ) to char type !!
any way ... thanks !

[RudiVisser]

m__n, on 11 Jun, 2009 - 11:27 AM, said:

Thanks for your reply ;
the problem is that there is a compiling error which says that a number like ,for example, 12 or 215,... can't convert to char type !!
in my code i considered that integer numbers can be defined as characters because I knew that character type does contain numbers !
so how can we send a string of integers to com port via these three methods ??!

Well you could just do .Write("1234567890"); if you wanted

With regards to your other post, try/catch are language constructs and you should really learn them, they'll help you more than anything

[eclipsed4utoo]

m__n, on 11 Jun, 2009 - 02:40 PM, said:

eclipsed4utoo, on 11 Jun, 2009 - 04:13 AM, said:

here is a snippet on how to write and read from a SerialPort(COM port).

http://www.dreaminco...snippet2764.htm

thanks for your reply;
But I'm not familier with "try" & "catch " , so I prefer to use the simple commands as " serialPort.Write..." !! but there is an error that it can't convert numbers(eg 123 ) to char type !!
any way ... thanks !

Try/Catch has nothing to do with writing to a serial port. I would suggest you learn how to use Try/Catch.

http://msdn.microsof...989(VS.71).aspx

as for the error. Maybe you need to learn what a Char is?

You aren't required to uses chars to write to a serial port, as noted by two other posts. You can write that number as a string to the serial port. No real need to try to use it as a char.