cant link a textbox value to a progressbar value, need loop code
I have an app that connects to a com port and displays the temperature through a label control and a textbox control, I also have a Mabry indicator control that is coded to show the value of this textbox ( very similar to a progressbar). Currently, the only way to see the gauge work is a button I made called "poll" which executes the code that syncs the text1 value with the gauge...If it is pressed before data is in the text1 box, an error is generated. What I want, is after the com port is connected, for the poll gauge code to run and loop to update the gauge every so often so that it is a visual represention of the number value in the textbox. So what I need is the poll button to be "pressed automatically" and for it to loop endlessly about every 15-30 seconds, BUT ONLY after com1 is connected and there is a value in the textbox. Could someone show me the code for this? I think it is basically a loop with a few conditions. But I have tried a few things and am getting nowhere.
DaveMon
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I briefly tried that with the text_change event but had no luck.. I will try again though....would the code be a goto or call a function or sub....I tried text1.text = MabryCntrl.Value = ....under the text_change event but that didnt do it....can you elaborate on the timer technique you meantioned? As I dont know much about how to sync things.
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Doh! Sometimes its the little things that get you !! I had tried this same code severall times in the past but to no avail.....I was omiting the "val" part.......now its working perfectly, Thanks.
DaveMon
If for some reason this doesn't work you can use the timer control to sync the textbox to the Mabry control. The timer control fires an event whenever it reaches a preset interval. Use the event to sync your controls and then reset the timer.