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Quiet
Valid values: True, False
Definition: If
Quiet is set to True then any status and error
message generated by WDterm will be suppressed.
Methods - Serial COM
Methods are commands that you issue to the WDterm control. All of the
"
Inputxxx" commands cause the terminal to wait for operator input.
Note that your development environment may show more available methods
for the WDterm control than are listed here. This is normal. You may
ignore methods you see that are not listed here.
Important: When your application starts up, the serial port is "closed". You
must call
OpenDevice before other method calls will work.
Except for the
ReInitAll method, all methods use the ActiveTerminal
property to identify the terminal to use.
OpenDevice
Function: Opens the communications (serial) port. This must
be called before any of the methods described
below. Make sure to set all Properties as desired
before calling this method (except
ActiveTerminal
or
Quiet).
CloseDevice
Function: Closes the communications (serial) port. This must
be called before changing any of the Property
settings (except
ActiveTerminal or Quiet). When
your application starts up, the serial port is
"closed". You must call
OpenDevice before other
method calls will work.
InputAny
Parameters: line, position, prompt, shifted, timestamped
Function: This instructs the
ActiveTerminal to display the
prompt at line and position and wait for data to be
entered from either terminal keypad or scanner. If
shifted is set to "true", the terminal will start in
shifted mode. Timestamped appends a (hhmmss)
prefix to the returned data.