PropViewer - Propeller Serial Terminal Version 2.2

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Got a debugging idea, (which would be very handy for my current project)

How about the ability to detect a (changeable) certain ASCII code and when it
is found, it displays the CODE (number) itself (in a settable color)

This would be handy for those working with SD code, as we could output the
contents of a file in ASCII text, and still look for specific control codes.

It would also be handing for those working with FullDuplex as a display
driver with the Prop, and want to slip in a simple .out(#) somewhere to
see where things are happening without disrupting the display.

Too weird or good idea? You decide.. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

OBC

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Mike Green

PropViewer 2.2 under Mono and MacOS produces:

MacPleasant42:~ mgreen$ mono /Applications/MonoApps/PropViewer.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for y ---> System.NotImplementedException: The requested feature is not implemented.
at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenSubKey (System.String name, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey:OpenSubKey (string,Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKeyPermissionCheck)
at j..ctor () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at y..cctor () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000] --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad (System.EventArgs e) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoadInternal (System.EventArgs e) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc (IntPtr hWnd, Msg msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUICarbon.SendMessage (IntPtr hwnd, Msg message, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUICarbon.CreateWindow (System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams cp) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI.CreateWindow (System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams cp) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.CreateHandle (System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams create_params) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CreateHandle () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore (Boolean value) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore (Boolean value) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible (Boolean value) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Windows.Forms.Control:set_Visible (bool)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.RunLoop (Boolean Modal, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext context) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run (System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext context) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run (System.Windows.Forms.Form mainForm) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun () [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run (System.String[noparse]/noparse commandLine) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]
at ac.a (System.String[noparse]/noparse A_0) [noparse][[/noparse]0x00000]

Once you try to take advantage of Windows features, it'll break under other operating systems.

Praxis

@Mike Green: Yep that's the problem alright, all the program settings are save to windows registry and that's what is causing the exception.
A quick fix would be to trap the error but lose settings saving the ideal fix is to write the programs settings to an INI type of file.
I will have a look at it later.

Cheers

Mike Green

One solution would be to have a command line option to skip the registry stuff.

Praxis

@Mike Green: The only problem with that is the settings (comport etc) would not be saved between sessions.
Never mind I have upload a new binary that uses a xml config file for the settings, give it a try and let me know.

Cheers

Praxis

Oldbitcollector said...

I was sure that I had already installed DotNet when in fact I hadn't.
Suggestion: a graceful exit if DotNet isn't found?

This is a catch22 problem for the program to detect the framework it must be able to run and if no framework it can't run.

I will update the installation file to detect if the framework is installed or not.

Cheers.

Praxis

Has anyone tried the programs on non windows platforms since that latest builds were posted?

Thanks in advance.


Note To Paul Baker: You mentioned that there was going to be a place for completed applications, what is the progress with that?