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Rex,
I totally agree with you concerning the documentation and locating those
elements that seem basic.
Several years ago I gave a quicky solution on how to open a "file" to a
new comer and was chastized by a member of the BlackBox crew for not
giving a full general formulation. My response was that the new comer
had to be able to walk before he could fly.
I use a very small fraction of the BlackBox framework and still am able
to get alot accomplished. There is always a trade-off between
generality and specificity. I believe the BB documentation is just a
little too general.
-Doug Danforh
Rex Couture wrote:
> I hate to keep rubbing it in, but here's another hidden success. BB has very nice libraries for serial ports and other I/O devices, and I had no idea they were there. The only way I found serial support was by searching for 'CommV24'. There's no hint from the Web page or help document. Even a search for 'RS232' or 'RS-232' yields nothing. I still haven't succeeded in finding it from the help documents, even now that I know it's there.
>
> If people know about all the great stuff that's there, they will use it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rex Couture
>
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