dual function buttons (using press time check)

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dual function buttons (using press time check)

Postby Battwell » Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:28 pm

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flowchart of button timed

an example of my code i wrote for a control panel- to give buttons a dual function depending on time the button is pressed.
it gives 1 function if pressed and released or a different function if pressed and held over 2.5 seconds.
it runs as a macroloop only . the code shown reads and writes to modbus but could easily be changed for wired i/o
also shows the new is macro already running code (works in latest test release only) - and its good thanks balacz.
as shown it will complile but wont run on your machine unless using the same registers etc- and it checks a timer to confirm no loss of communication.
(but it will be handy to get correct syntax to do these sort of things anyway ( im always looking for code examples to copy/paste into my macros!!!)
ps. as written it checks 8 buttons. change the loop numbers to check up to 99 buttons per loop :-)
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Re: dual function buttons (using press time check)

Postby Battwell » Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:32 pm

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here is the macro. hope it helps someone. (took me ages to work out how to do it in my head- hence rubbish sketch on paper i worked off :-)
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Re: dual function buttons (using press time check)

Postby thesleepydog » Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:01 am

Thanks for sharing the macro, very interesting and helpful. :D I am relatively new to C#, but I have done a couple of courses online including the SoloLearn one.

Would you mind sharing why you use the following condition?
if (!((exec.Getvar(499)) == (exec.Getvar(498))))
instead of something like;
if(exec.Getvar(499)) != (exec.Getvar(498))

Not sure if there is something gained here by using the '!' at the start to flip the logic of the test in the if statement versus in the middle.
I think this might just be a personal coding style?
...Sorry if this is a stupid question... :oops:
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Re: dual function buttons (using press time check)

Postby Battwell » Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:14 pm

probably because im not a programmer. i play with syntax until it does what i want- then move on :-)
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