Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Dave Wood]

Li Li wrote:
> 
> I have ObjectAda student version. which runs under win95 and creates
> console applications.
> 
> How can i access serial port in ObjectAda.

Write a device driver.

One possibility that just dropped on my desk (I 
know nothing about it, I just happened to get this
card in the mail today) is something called
SoftwareWedge from TAL Technologies, www.taltech.com.
From the card, it looks like it provides 2-way 
i/o from a serial port such that you have easy
access from your application.  You might look into
it.

> Also can I use this version to create GUI apps for win 95? if yes any place
> i can find examples?

Yes, of course.  You can find numerous examples on 
the ObjectAda CD-ROM.  Look in the samples folder and
also the win32ada\samples folder.

-- Dave Wood
-- Product Manager, ObjectAda for Windows
-- Aonix - "Ada with an Attitude"
-- http://www.aonix.com

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Stephen Leake]

Dave Wood wrote:
> 
> Li Li wrote:
> >
> > I have ObjectAda student version. which runs under win95 and creates
> > console applications.
> >
> > How can i access serial port in ObjectAda.
> 
> Write a device driver.
> 

If this is the best ObjectAda and Alsys/Thompson/Aonix (I wish they'd
stop changing names!) can do, I'm certainly not giving them my money!

Surely you can access the Windows 95 comm port driver? Under Windows 3.1
and Borland C++, there was a binding to the Windows API functions for
the serial port (OpenComm, ReadComm, WriteComm). Surely ObjectAda can
provide a binding to these functions for Windows 95!?

Granted, Li Li didn't say what s/he wanted to do with the serial port,
but it is VERY likely that the Windows 95 comm driver will suffice!

Telling a newcomer to go write a device driver is NOT the way to market
your company!
-- 
- Stephe

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Wasiq Hasan]

>> 
>> Write a device driver.
>> 
>
>If this is the best ObjectAda and Alsys/Thompson/Aonix (I wish they'd
>stop changing names!) can do, I'm certainly not giving them my money!
>
>Surely you can access the Windows 95 comm port driver? Under Windows 3.1
>and Borland C++, there was a binding to the Windows API functions for
>the serial port (OpenComm, ReadComm, WriteComm). Surely ObjectAda can
>provide a binding to these functions for Windows 95!?
>
>Granted, Li Li didn't say what s/he wanted to do with the serial port,
>but it is VERY likely that the Windows 95 comm driver will suffice!
>
>Telling a newcomer to go write a device driver is NOT the way to market
>your company!
>-- 
>- Stephe


Thank You Mr.Stephen 
	I just connected an external device connected to serial port
	to read temprature. I wrote a small program (20 lines)in QBASIC
	to read the input. I have a student version of ObjectADA for win95
	therefor I jsut wanted to convert this QBASIC progarm to ADA under 
	win95.

anyway thankyou again for your advice.

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Larry Kilgallen]

In article <3295AF99.348B@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
> Dave Wood wrote:
>> 
>> Li Li wrote:
>> >
>> > I have ObjectAda student version. which runs under win95 and creates
>> > console applications.
>> >
>> > How can i access serial port in ObjectAda.
>> 
>> Write a device driver.
>> 
> 
> If this is the best ObjectAda and Alsys/Thompson/Aonix (I wish they'd
> stop changing names!) can do, I'm certainly not giving them my money!

Well for the student version, it would not have been much of your
money.  I would think that someone who writes from Nasa.Gov might
be more inclined toward the full version, including Windows bindings,
etc.

> Surely you can access the Windows 95 comm port driver? Under Windows 3.1
> and Borland C++, there was a binding to the Windows API functions for
> the serial port (OpenComm, ReadComm, WriteComm). Surely ObjectAda can
> provide a binding to these functions for Windows 95!?

I was under the impression that the term "console applications"
with ObjectAda means what some people would call "DOS mode". If
that is the case, relying on the Windows API is not viable,
regardless of which version you bought.

Larry Kilgallen
who thinks Aonix is a much worse name than Thomson

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Stephen Leake]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
> In article <3295AF99.348B@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
> > Dave Wood wrote:
> >>
> >> Li Li wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I have ObjectAda student version. which runs under win95 and creates
> >> > console applications.
> >> >
> >> > How can i access serial port in ObjectAda.
> >>
> >> Write a device driver.
> >>
> >
> > If this is the best ObjectAda and Alsys/Thompson/Aonix (I wish they'd
> > stop changing names!) can do, I'm certainly not giving them my money!
> 
> Well for the student version, it would not have been much of your
> money.  I would think that someone who writes from Nasa.Gov might
> be more inclined toward the full version, including Windows bindings,
> etc.

You've misread; "Li Li" purchased ObjectAda; I'm just ranting.

> 
> > Surely you can access the Windows 95 comm port driver? Under Windows 3.1
> > and Borland C++, there was a binding to the Windows API functions for
> > the serial port (OpenComm, ReadComm, WriteComm). Surely ObjectAda can
> > provide a binding to these functions for Windows 95!?
> 
> I was under the impression that the term "console applications"
> with ObjectAda means what some people would call "DOS mode". If
> that is the case, relying on the Windows API is not viable,
> regardless of which version you bought.
> 

Under Borland, a "console application" is a real Windows application,
but it has a simple text based stdin stdout user interface, so it
"feels" like DOS. It can use all the Windows device drivers. I have not
used ObjectAda, but it can surely do something similar. I don't want to
have to tell people to use Borland!

> Larry Kilgallen
> who thinks Aonix is a much worse name than Thomson

-- 
- Stephe

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Dave Wood]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> 
> I was under the impression that the term "console applications"
> with ObjectAda means what some people would call "DOS mode". If
> that is the case, relying on the Windows API is not viable,
> regardless of which version you bought.

All versions of ObjectAda support console apps (looks like
DOS, smells like DOS, but runs in a 95/NT console window, not
under DOS itself.)  If you want to make actual DOS executables,
you need to add the OpenPack, which enables you to easily
turn the console app into a 32-bit DOS executable via a
DOS extender.  DOS packages are available as well for 
DOS-level access.  They can be downloaded at no charge
from our web site (as soon as we get FTP re-connected to
it - these name changes can be most inconvenient.)

BTW, there is no such thing as the "student version" of
ObjectAda.  There is, however, student pricing.

> Larry Kilgallen
> who thinks Aonix is a much worse name than Thomson

Okay, then, we'll change it back.  :)

-- Dave Wood
-- Product Manager, ObjectAda for Windows
-- Aonix - "Ada with an Attitude"
-- http://www.aonix.com

Re: how to access Serial port in ada?

[Keith Thompson]

In <329A2715.EE7@thomsoft.com> Dave Wood <dpw@thomsoft.com> writes:
[...]
> > Larry Kilgallen
> > who thinks Aonix is a much worse name than Thomson
> 
> Okay, then, we'll change it back.  :)

Argh, no, don't make me change my .sig again!  8-)}

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