Hi Langue
Yeah I realise now that the above posted cose example would require the device to be plugged in, and present itself as a serial device.
I can’t be specific about the device itself, as it’s one of those hush hush equipment installation contracts, that you can’t talk about with your family or friends, or indeed strangers on the internet.
The devices are not readily available to anyone, or indeed is the Windows software.
But I’ve not found anything that can be done on a Windows PC, that can’t also be done on a Mac.
The equipment supplier is providing hand held programmers, and access to there software.
But the hand held programmers only provide about 75% of the device programming capabilities of the software.
It’s inevitable that I will have to use a Windows PC for this initial contract work, or infect my Mac with the Windows virus via Bootcamp or some other VM software.
But when I get my hands on some of the equipment, I shall be playing around with some code to see if a Mac app could be created to emulate what the Windows software does.
Not because I have to, but because I like a challenge.
At this point I’m simply looking for a framework or library, that does some of the work for me, and was trying to get a handle on what Xojo could offer in this area.
But I apprciate that until I plug the device in, I don’t know what weapon of choce would be best suited for my challenge.
Regards Mark