How to port 'C' functions to b4ppc

taximania · #1 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 09:15 AM

Here's something I found that allows you control of the LED's on your PPC.
I noticed PocketDAQ flashes the red LED of my PPC when connected to a port.

But it's in 'C'

http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/led.html

How would you do the same functions in b4ppc or #develop ?

Erel · #2 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 09:39 AM

dzt has already created a library for this: http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/showp...19&postcount=7

taximania · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taximania

How would you do the same functions in b4ppc or #develop ?

Thanks Erel, but it didn't answer my question.
I see lots of code snippets written in 'C' and wondered how easy it was to port them to other means.

Erel · #4 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 06:35 PM

It is not simple.
You can P/Invoke native code from managed call (i.e. call C code from C#) but you will have to handle many complex data type conversions.
I recommend you to search for managed code or c# code.

taximania · #5 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 07:16 PM

Many thanks for the, as usual, quick reply Erel.
I now understand what you mean.

It would be like adding assembler language into a C program, which I have done in the past.
I'll google as you suggest and see if I can run c code in a .vbnet program.
I don't have much luck with c#

agraham · #6 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by taximania

I don't have much luck with c#

It's worth perservering. There's pretty much a one to one conversion of most stuff from C# to VB and it's all .NET underneath. Anyway doesn't SharpDevelop have a conversion capability - dzt stated that it had in post #8 of this thread.

http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/showt...t=sharpdevelop