serial communication too fast?

[Marco Martin]

Hi,

I'm writing a program in C# which logs data comming from a com port. the
port is set up 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (n-8-1), @ 38400 baud. I'm
supposed to receive this data and simply display it in a listbox. No
problem there. Once I start iterating through the data to do some
manipulation though, it wont print to my listbox unless I put a break point
in my code. Then I get some data printed. A few seconds later, the same
thing happens, and I put a break point in the code again and more data gets
printed. I'm thinking that the data is comming too fast, but I'm running on
a P4 with 512M ram. It just doesn't make sense.
The data comes in fine if I just take it in and print it (like on
hyperterminal for example).

any ideas?

regards,

marco

[the man]

have your listbox get refreshed every few seconds
(Listbox.Refresh())
you can use a timer and on the tick event refresh the
listbox.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I'm writing a program in C# which logs data comming from a com port. theport is set up 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (n-8-1), @ 38400 baud. I'msupposed to receive this data and simply display it in a listbox. Noproblem there. Once I start iterating through the data to do somemanipulation though, it wont print to my listbox unless I put a break pointin my code. Then I get some data printed. A few seconds later, the samething happens, and I put a break point in the code again and more data getsprinted. I'm thinking that the data is comming too fast, but I'm running ona P4 with 512M ram. It just doesn't make sense.
The data comes in fine if I just take it in and print it (like onhyperterminal for example).

any ideas?

regards,

marco
.

[Marco Martin]

Found an answer, I actualy put a thread.join(250 ms) and it solved the
problem.
"the man" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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have your listbox get refreshed every few seconds
(Listbox.Refresh())
you can use a timer and on the tick event refresh the
listbox.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I'm writing a program in C# which logs data comming from

a com port. the

port is set up 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit (n-8-1), @

38400 baud. I'm

supposed to receive this data and simply display it in a

listbox. No

problem there. Once I start iterating through the data

to do some

manipulation though, it wont print to my listbox unless I

put a break point

in my code. Then I get some data printed. A few seconds

later, the same

thing happens, and I put a break point in the code again

and more data gets

printed. I'm thinking that the data is comming too fast,

but I'm running on

a P4 with 512M ram. It just doesn't make sense.
The data comes in fine if I just take it in and print it

(like on

hyperterminal for example).

any ideas?

regards,

marco
.