Visual Studio 2013 SerialPort not receiving all data - visual-studio

I am currently working on a project that requires serial communication between PIC 24FV16KA302 and a PC software.
I have searched the Internet for the past 3 days and i cant find an answer for my problem so i decided to ask here . This is my first visual studio program so i dont have any experience with the software.
The PIC has few variables and two 8x16 tables that i need to view and modify on the PC side . The problem comes when i send the tables , all other information is received without a problem . I am using serial connection ( 38400/8-N-1 ) via uart to usb converter
FT232
When the PC send "AT+RTPM" to the PIC .
Button7.Click
SerialPort1.ReceivedBytesThreshold = 128
MachineState = MS.Receive_table
SerialPort1.Write("AT+RTPM")
End Sub
The PIC sends back 128 Bytes( the values in the table )
case read_table_pwm : // send pwm table
for (yy = 0 ; yy < 8 ; yy ++) {
for (xx = 0 ; xx < 16 ; xx++ ) {
uart_send_char(controll_by_pmw_map_lb[yy][xx]) ;
}
}
at_command = receive_state_idle ;
break ;
Which the software is suppose to get and display in a DataGrid.
Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(sender As Object, e As IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles SerialPort1.DataReceived
If MachineState = MS.Receive_table Then
SerialPort1.Read(Buffer_array_received_data, 0, 128)
cellpos = 0
For grid_y As Int16 = 0 To 7 Step 1
For grid_x As Int16 = 0 To 15 Step 1
DataGridView1.Rows(grid_y).Cells(grid_x).Value = Buffer_array_received_data(cellpos)
cellpos += 1
Next
Next
End Sub
The problem is that most of the time ( 99 % ) it displays only part of the dataset and zeros to the end , and when i try to do it again it display the other part and it starts from the beginning .
First request
Second request
If i try the same thing with another program i always get the full dataset
Realterm
Termite
I have tried doing it cell by cell , but it only works if i request them one very second , other wise i get the same problem .
After that i need to use a timer ( 100 ms ) to request live data from the PIC .
this work better but still some of the time i get some random data. I haven't focused on that for the moment because without the dataset everything else is useless .
Am i missing something or has anyone encountered the same problem ?

I managed to solve the problem by replacing
SerialPort1.Read(Buffer_array_received_data, 0, 128)
with
For byte_pos As Int16 = 0 To 127 Step 1
Buffer_array_received_data(byte_pos) = SerialPort1.ReadByte()
Next
But aren't they supposed to be the same ?

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COPY TO excel Sheet in foxpro

Is their any command in Foxpro that convert the DBF into a particular excel sheet.
I have three DBF(dbf_1, dbf_2, dbf_3). My current program convert the file using copy to "filename.xls" type fox2x and then I will manually copy the consolidate all the sheet into one excel. For me, this method I using is alright but what if their are 20 or more dbf that I will consolidate. Is their any command in foxpro that convert the dbf's into one excel file. I already use the foxpro Automation but it is to slow.
No there isn't.
Also "copy to ... type fox2x". although better than many other type selections (such as csv and xls) should not be chosen when there are better ways.
You are saying automation is slow, but don't know if you are really finding automation slow, or if you have tried it in the ways that you shouldn't use to transfer data to Excel. The sample below, use one of the variations of my "vfp2excel" function and automation. It transfers sample Customer, Employee, Orders, OrdItems and Products data in 2.5 seconds on my machine. If you really meant it as slow then no dice, otherwise here is the sample:
* These represent complex SQL as a sample
Select emp_id,First_Name,Last_Name,;
Title,Notes ;
from (_samples+'\data\employee') ;
into Cursor crsEmployee ;
readwrite
Replace All Notes With Chrtran(Notes,Chr(13)+Chr(10),Chr(10))
Select cust_id,company,contact,Title,country,postalcode ;
from (_samples+'\data\customer') ;
into Cursor crsCustomer ;
nofilter
Select * ;
from (_samples+'\data\orders') ;
into Cursor crsOrders ;
nofilter
Select * ;
from (_samples+'\data\orditems') ;
into Cursor crsOrderDetail ;
nofilter
Select * ;
from (_samples+'\data\products') ;
into Cursor crsProducts ;
nofilter
* Now we want to get these on 3 sheets
* Sheet1: Employees only
* Sheet2: Customers only
* Sheet3: Orders, ordItems, Products layed out horizontally
Local oExcel
oExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application")
With oExcel
.DisplayAlerts = .F.
.Workbooks.Add
.Visible = .T.
With .ActiveWorkBook
For ix = 1 To 3 && We want 3 Sheets
If .sheets.Count < m.ix
.sheets.Add(,.sheets(.sheets.Count)) && Add new sheets
Endif
Endfor
* Name the sheets
.WorkSheets(1).Name = "Employees"
.WorkSheets(2).Name = "Customers"
.WorkSheets(3).Name = "Order, OrderDetail, Products" && max sheetname is 31 chars
* Start sending data
* First one has headers specified
VFP2Excel('crsEmployee', .WorkSheets(1).Range("A1"), ;
"Id,First Name,Last Name,Employee Title,Comments about employee" ) && To sheet1, start at A1
VFP2Excel('crsCustomer', .WorkSheets(2).Range("A1") ) && To sheet2, start at A1
VFP2Excel('crsOrders', .WorkSheets(3).Range("A1") ) && To sheet3, start at A1
* Need to know where to put next
* Leave 2 columns empty - something like 'G1'
lcRange = _GetChar(.WorkSheets(3).UsedRange.Columns.Count + 3) + '1'
* To sheet3, start at next to previous
VFP2Excel('crsOrderDetail', .WorkSheets(3).Range(m.lcRange) )
lcRange = _GetChar(.WorkSheets(3).UsedRange.Columns.Count + 3) + '1'
* To sheet3, start at next to previous
VFP2Excel('crsProducts', .WorkSheets(3).Range(m.lcRange) )
#Define xlJustify -4130
#Define xlTop -4160
* I just happen to know notes in at column 5 from SQL
* No need to query from excel to keep code simple
* Lets format that column specially instead of leaving
* at the mercy of Excel's autofitting
.WorkSheets(1).UsedRange.VerticalAlignment = xlTop && set all to top
With .WorkSheets(1).Columns(5)
.ColumnWidth = 80 && 80 chars width
.WrapText = .T.
* .HorizontalAlignment = xlJustify && doesn't work good always
Endwith
* Finally some cosmetic stuff
For ix=1 To 3
With .WorkSheets(m.ix)
.Columns.AutoFit
.Rows.AutoFit
Endwith
Endfor
.WorkSheets(1).Activate
Endwith
Endwith
* Author: Cetin Basoz
* This is based on earlier VFP2Excel function codes
* that has been published on the internet, at various sites
* since 2001. Not to be messed with others' code who named the same but has
* nothing to do with the approaches taken here (unless copy & pasted and claimed
* to be their own work, < s > that happens).
Procedure VFP2Excel(tcCursorName, toRange, tcHeaders, tnPrefferredWidthForMemo)
* tcCursorName
* toRange
* tcHeaders: Optional. Defaults to field headers
* tnPrefferredWidthForMemo: Optional. Default 80
* Function VFP2Excel
tcCursorName = Evl(m.tcCursorName,Alias())
tnPrefferredWidthForMemo = Evl(m.tnPrefferredWidthForMemo,80)
Local loConn As AdoDB.Connection, loRS As AdoDB.Recordset,;
lcTemp,lcTempDb, oExcel,ix, lcFieldName, lcHeaders
lnSelect = Select()
lcTemp = Forcepath(Sys(2015)+'.dbf',Sys(2023))
lcTempDb = Forcepath(Sys(2015)+'.dbc',Sys(2023))
Create Database (m.lcTempDb)
Select * From (m.tcCursorName) Into Table (m.lcTemp) Database (m.lcTempDb)
Local Array aMemo[1]
Local nMemoCount
nMemoCount = 0
lcHeaders = ''
For ix = 1 To Fcount()
lcFieldName = Field(m.ix)
If Type(Field(m.ix))='M'
nMemoCount = m.nMemoCount + 1
Dimension aMemo[m.nMemoCount]
aMemo[m.nMemoCount] = m.ix
Replace All &lcFieldName With Chrtran(&lcFieldName,Chr(13)+Chr(10),Chr(10))
Endif
lcHeaders = m.lcHeaders + Iif(Empty(m.lcHeaders),'',',')+Proper(m.lcFieldName)
Endfor
tcHeaders = Evl(m.tcHeaders,m.lcHeaders)
Use In (Juststem(m.lcTemp))
Close Databases
Set Database To
loStream = Createobject('AdoDb.Stream')
loConn = Createobject('ADODB.Connection')
loRS = Createobject("ADODB.Recordset")
loConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=VFPOLEDB;Data Source="+m.lcTempDb
loConn.Open()
loRS = loConn.Execute("select * from "+m.lcTemp)
loRS.Save( loStream )
loRS.Close
loConn.Close
Erase (m.lcTemp)
* Use first row for headers
Local Array aHeader[1]
loRS.Open( loStream )
toRange.Offset(1,0).CopyFromRecordSet( loRS ) && Copy data starting from headerrow + 1
Set Safety Off
Delete Database (m.lcTempDb) Deletetables
Select (m.lnSelect)
For ix=1 To Iif( !Empty(m.tcHeaders), ;
ALINES(aHeader, m.tcHeaders,1,','), ;
loRS.Fields.Count )
toRange.Offset(0,m.ix-1).Value = ;
Iif( !Empty(m.tcHeaders), ;
aHeader[m.ix], ;
Proper(loRS.Fields(m.ix-1).Name) )
toRange.Offset(0,m.ix-1).Font.Bold = .T.
Endfor
#Define xlJustify -4130
#Define xlTop -4160
* This part is cosmetic
toRange.WorkSheet.Activate
With toRange.WorkSheet.UsedRange
.VerticalAlignment = xlTop && set all to top
For ix=1 To m.nMemoCount
With .Columns(aMemo[m.ix])
.ColumnWidth = m.tnPrefferredWidthForMemo && 80 chars width
.WrapText = .T.
Endwith
Endfor
.Columns.AutoFit
.Rows.AutoFit
Endwith
Endproc
* Return A, AA, BC etc noation for nth column
Function _GetChar
Lparameters tnColumn && Convert tnvalue to Excel alpha notation
If m.tnColumn = 0
Return ""
Endif
If m.tnColumn <= 26
Return Chr(Asc("A")-1+m.tnColumn)
Else
Return _GetChar(Int(Iif(m.tnColumn % 26 = 0,m.tnColumn - 1, m.tnColumn) / 26)) + ;
_GetChar((m.tnColumn-1)%26+1)
Endif
Endfunc
This is what I was looking for :-) I was trying with my knowledge of Excel Automation programming in Visual FoxPro but always got errors. My task was to create "n" Sheets from one big cursors which I want to parse regarding customer selection of attribute name from cursor to get also "n" Sheets. This sample is for 3 cursors and 3 Sheets and it is generic. But I need this for "n" cursors and one attribute which customer select to distinct and get "n" Sheets in one Excel file. So now I have dynamic procedure. I customized this code and solve my problem which I am trying to end for about 4 days. So again thank you for this code and off course I will not modify VFP2Excel procedure and wrote somewhere else my name. Thanks for help !
There is no native VFP function to do this, BUT, there is an awesome open source project which has a class that will make this very easy:
VFPx Workbook Xlsx - See it here on Github: XLSX Workbook for FoxPro
It has 3 magical functions that will do exactly what you asked for:
CreateWorkbook()
AddSheet()
SaveTableToWorkbook()
(Repeat commands 2 and 3 above for each DBF/Sheet you want to create)
It is well documented with a 54-page PDF and code sample that explains everything you'll need to know.

VBA written in Excel for Windows not working on Mac

I have a set of macros to hide and unhide columns based on the contents of a specific row. They were all written in Excel 2013 for Windows (running in parallels on my MBA, if that's relevant) and work fine there. But when I open the worksheet in Excel 2011 for Mac, the macros give odd results. The "unhide all columns" macro works fine; the other functions get as far as hiding all columns but not as far as unhiding the ones I want to see.
I can only assume Excel for Mac is having a problem with what's in the FOR EACH loop, but I can't figure out what! I'd appreciate any guidance: I need to get this system working on both Windows and Mac.
Code below.
This function works:
Sub GANTT_Filter_Show_All()
Dim rngDates As Range
Set rngDates = Range("GANTT_Dates")
rngDates.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
End Sub
But this one only hides all the columns:
Sub GANTT_Filter_This_Quarter()
Dim intCurrentMonth As Integer, intCurrentYear As Integer, rngDates As Range, cell As Range
Dim intCurrentQuarterMonths(3) As Integer
Set rngDates = Range("GANTT_Dates")
intCurrentMonth = DatePart("m", Date)
intCurrentYear = DatePart("yyyy", Date)
'loading months of current quarter into an array intCurrentMonth
Select Case intCurrentMonth
Case 1 To 3
intCurrentQuarterMonths(0) = 1
intCurrentQuarterMonths(1) = 2
intCurrentQuarterMonths(2) = 3
Case 4 To 6
intCurrentQuarterMonths(0) = 4
intCurrentQuarterMonths(1) = 5
intCurrentQuarterMonths(2) = 6
Case 7 To 9
intCurrentQuarterMonths(0) = 7
intCurrentQuarterMonths(1) = 8
intCurrentQuarterMonths(2) = 9
Case 10 To 12
intCurrentQuarterMonths(0) = 10
intCurrentQuarterMonths(1) = 11
intCurrentQuarterMonths(2) = 12
End Select
'hiding all columns
rngDates.EntireColumn.Hidden = True
'comparing each column to array of months in current quarter and hiding if false
For Each cell In rngDates
For Each v In intCurrentQuarterMonths
If v = DatePart("m", cell.Value) And DatePart("yyyy", cell.Value) = intCurrentYear Then cell.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Next v
Next cell
Application.Goto Reference:=Range("a1"), Scroll:=True
End Sub
I'm with #Steven on this one, nothing obviously wrong with the code. I'm not a Mac user, but it's entirely possible that there's some weirdness around the date functions, particularly those that require formatting to resolve.
I would try replacing the calls to DatePart() with calls to Month() and Year() in situations like this - even for non-Mac users. It doesn't rely on parsing the strings for formatting, so it's much more efficient (and easy to read):
Sub Benchmarks()
Dim starting As Double, test As Date, i As Long
test = Now
starting = Timer
For i = 1 To 1000000
Year test
Next i
Debug.Print "Elapsed: " & (Timer - starting)
starting = Timer
For i = 1 To 1000000
DatePart "yyyy", test
Next i
Debug.Print "Elapsed: " & (Timer - starting)
End Sub
Since you likely can't run the benchmark...
Elapsed for Year(): 0.109375
Elapsed for DatePart(): 0.515625
Also note that in addition to this, the dates in the column you're searching are coming through as Variants, it may help to explicitly cast them to dates:
If v = Month(CDate(cell.Value)) And intCurrentYear = Year(CDate(cell.Value)) Then
cell.EntireColumn.Hidden = False
End If

Excel Macro, vlookup function works slow, ways to speed up macro

Hello stackexchange community.
I've built a simple tables converter, the main function of which is to convert the table from
1a Value
1b Value
1c Value
1d Value
to
a b c d
1 Value Value Value Value
Unfortunately, the macro runs pretty slow (~ 3 lines per second for one column).
I'd really appreciate if someone could take a look at my piece of code and suggest the way to speed it up.
Here's the piece of code:
Dim LastFinalList As Integer: LastFinalList = Sheet1.Range("O1000").End(xlUp).Row
For Col = 16 To 19
For c = 2 To LastFinalList
searchrange = Sheet1.Range("J:L")
lookfor = Sheet1.Cells(c, 15) & Sheet1.Cells(1, Col)
CountFor = Application.VLookup(lookfor, searchrange, 3, False)
If IsError(CountFor) Then
Sheet1.Cells(c, Col).Value = "0"
Else
Sheet1.Cells(c, Col).Value = CountFor
End If
Next c
Next Col
Thanks in advance and best regards!
UPD:
The Data in unconverted table looks like this (e.g):
Updated by Macro
Value Number Type Key Count Average Value
10 1 a 1a 2 20
30 1 a 1a 2 20
40 1 b 1b 1 40
50 1 c 1c 1 50
So it is also required to calculate averages of repeating types, create a unique list of Numbers (which is LastFinalList in my case) and finally convert it to this:
Number a b c
1 20 40 50
application.vlookupseraches by Number&Type Key, which is also assigned in the unconverted table by macro. The same time those Keys are counted, in order to calculate average for the repeating ones.
Everything works in a blink of an eye till it comes to 'to update final table part.
Full Code:
Sub ConvertToTable()
Dim LastMeter As Integer: LastMeter = Sheet1.Range("I1000").End(xlUp).Row
Sheet1.Range(Cells(2, 9), Cells(LastMeter, 9)).AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterCopy, CopyToRange:=Sheet1.Range("O2"), Unique:=True
Sheet1.Range("O1").Value = "The List"
Sheet1.Range("O2").Delete Shift:=xlUp
' to assign keys
For i = 2 To LastMeter
Set CountOpt = Sheet1.Cells(i, 10)
Sheet1.Cells(i, 10).FormulaR1C1 = "=r[0]c[-1]&r[0]c[-2]"
Sheet1.Cells(i, 11).FormulaR1C1 = "=COUNTIF(c10:c10, r[0]c10)"
Next i
'to calculate averages
For x = 2 To LastMeter
If Sheet1.Cells(x, 11).Value = 1 Then
Sheet1.Cells(x, 12).FormulaR1C1 = "=rc7"
ElseIf Sheet1.Cells(x, 11).Value > 1 Then
If Sheet1.Cells(x, 10).Value <> Sheet1.Cells(x - 1, 10).Value Then
Sheet1.Cells(x, 12).FormulaR1C1 = "=ROUND((SUM(rc7:r[" & Sheet1.Cells(x, 11).Value - 1 & "]c7)/" & Sheet1.Cells(x, 11).Value & "),4)"
Else
Sheet1.Cells(x, 12).FormulaR1C1 = "=r[-1]c12"
End If
End If
Next x
'to update final table
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Dim LastFinalList As Integer: LastFinalList = Sheet1.Cells(Rows.Count, 15).End(xlUp).Row
For Col = 16 To 19
For c = 2 To LastFinalList
searchrange = Sheet1.Range("J:L")
lookfor = Sheet1.Cells(c, 15) & Sheet1.Cells(1, Col)
CountFor = Application.VLookup(lookfor, searchrange, 3, False)
If IsError(CountFor) Then
Sheet1.Cells(c, Col).Value = "0"
Else
Sheet1.Cells(c, Col).Value = CountFor
End If
Next c
Next Col
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Sheet1.Range("O1").Select
End Sub
Also, initially i had a SUMIF formula instead of application.vlookup to be input in each cell in the converted table. But the code was working as slow as now an was bit bulky, that's why i've decide to switch to VLOOKUP.
The thing is, if it actually the way application.vlookup works (with 0.3sec delay for each row), then i guess there's nothing that can be done, and i'm ok to accept that. Although, if that's not the case, i'd really appreciate if someone could help me out and speed up the process.
Thanks!
You can redefine your LastFinalList variable something like
LastFinalList = Sheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.Rows.Count
OR
LastFinalList = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row
instead of explicitly defining used range.
Also use following line of code before your code
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
(Turn screen updating off to speed up macro code. User won't be able to see what the macro is doing, but it will run faster.)
After the whole code runs you can(optional) turn screen updating on with
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
It appears that application.vlookup in my particular case was indeed working very slow (no idea why, though). I've managed to improve macro by replacing vlookup with SUMIF formula in each cell, so now the converted table is updated instantly. Thanks everyone who participated and provided their suggestions!

Very simple set value of array cell, program very slow when he writes on specify column

I am using a continuous and old professional program. My program builds several simple data arrays and writes the array to an excel cell like this:
Sheets("toto").Cells(4,i) = "blabla"
But for one value of i, the write time is very long and I don't understand why.
Here is my code :
...
For No_Bug = 0 To Indtab - 1
If mesComments(No_Bug) <> "" Then
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 1) = Ligne_Bug - 5
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 2) = mesID_Test(No_Bug)
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 3) = mesResultats(No_Bug)
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 4) = mesComments(No_Bug)
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 5).FormulaLocal = mesScreens(No_Bug)
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 6) = 2 'If I comment only this line, the programm is fast, ifnot the programm is very slow (~1, 2 secondes per loop), What the hell ??? xD
Sheets(feuille_LBT).Cells(Ligne_Bug, 7) = 1
End If
...
Is this cell referenced from other cells? Check if any complicated computations related with this cell.

Ruby multi-line regex

I have a ruby multi-line string (called efixes) that looks like:
ID STATE LABEL INSTALL TIME UPDATED BY ABSTRACT
=== ===== ========== ================= ========== ======================================
1 S hayo32.02 xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2 S 23434.23 xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
STATE codes:
S = STABLE
M = MOUNTED
U = UNMOUNTED
Q = REBOOT REQUIRED
B = BROKEN
I = INSTALLING
R = REMOVING
T = TESTED
P = PATCHED
N = NOT PATCHED
SP = STABLE + PATCHED
SN = STABLE + NOT PATCHED
QP = BOOT IMAGE MODIFIED + PATCHED
QN = BOOT IMAGE MODIFIED + NOT PATCHED
RQ = REMOVING + REBOOT REQUIRED
I only want to display the lines that start with a number. I am having trouble, it doesn't seem to be matching. I found this solution here, (that I don't truly understand right now):
efixes_array = efixes.split("\n").select{|x| /\A[0-9]/.match(x)}
io.puts efixes_array.collect{|x| x.scan(/\A[0-9]/)}.flatten
It is only matching the numbers. I want to display the entire line. The end result, I want to display what is under the "LABELS" column.
This line from your example code
efixes.split("\n").select{|x| /\A[0-9]/.match(x)}
returns an array with all lines that start with a number.

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