vb.net get_unit_info Option Strict ON

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TimOster
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vb.net get_unit_info Option Strict ON

Post by TimOster »

In my company I am forced to keep Option Strict ON for all projects. That is causing an error in ps2000_get_unit_info().

I have a class named Pico2205A with all the original declares stored.

Pico2205A.ps2000_get_unit_info(handle, infoStr, CShort(infoStr.Length), i), you can't see it, but Visual Studio is complaining about the "i" at the end. Option strict disallows implicit conversion from Integer to Pico2205A.Info.

It wants me to type cast it as follows: Ctype(i, Info)), however when I do that I get nothing back. I'll drop the whole thing here:

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 Sub getDeviceInfo(ByVal handle As Short)

        Dim infoText(7) As String
        Dim infoStr As String
        'Dim i As UInteger

        infoText(0) = "Driver Version:    "
        infoText(1) = "USB Version:       "
        infoText(2) = "Hardware Version:  "
        infoText(3) = "Variant:           "
        infoText(4) = "Batch / Serial:    "
        infoText(5) = "Cal Date:          "
        infoText(6) = "Error code:        "
        infoText(7) = "Kernel Driver Ver: "

        For i As Integer = 0 To infoText.Length - 1
            If i <> 6 Then
                infoStr = "                    "
                pico.UnitInfo(infoStr, CShort(infoStr.Length), CType(i, Info))
                infoText(i) += infoStr
                tbUnitInfo.AppendText(infoText(i))
                tbUnitInfo.AppendText(vbNewLine)
            End If
        Next i
        Console.WriteLine(vbNewLine)
    End Sub
You will also notice I have to comment out dim i =, otherwise VS gives and error saying that variable i hides a variable in an enclosing block.

What am I missing?

Hitesh

Re: vb.net get_unit_info Option Strict ON

Post by Hitesh »

Hi Tim,

It's possible that something else was not cast correctly.

Below is code that I have tested after modification:

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Sub getDeviceInfo(ByVal handle As Short)

        Dim infoText(7) As String
        Dim infoStr As String
        Dim i As UInteger

        infoText(0) = "Driver Ver:        "
        infoText(1) = "USB Ver:           "
        infoText(2) = "Hardware Ver:      "
        infoText(3) = "Variant:           "
        infoText(4) = "Batch / Serial:    "
        infoText(5) = "Cal Date:          "
        infoText(6) = "Error code:        "
        infoText(7) = "Kernel Driver Ver: "

        For i = 0 To CUInt(infoText.Length - 1)

            If i <> 6 Then

                infoStr = "                    "
                ps2000_get_unit_info(handle, infoStr, CShort(infoStr.Length), CType(i, Info))
                infoText(CInt(i)) += infoStr
                Console.WriteLine(infoText(CInt(i)) & vbTab)

            End If

        Next i

        Console.WriteLine(vbNewLine)

    End Sub
You might find that you have to make modifications later on in the code as well as a result of using this switch.

Regards,

TimOster
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Re: vb.net get_unit_info Option Strict ON

Post by TimOster »

Thanks. I made a small change to send the data to my form and a temp variable to hold the returned string. I get the device info now.

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