Data bits.

hi frends i am using a variable to store the material no as:
data var_mat_no(18) type c.
this variable stores the material no read from a data base table.now as the size specfied of the material no. is 18 i took the variable's length also 18.but when i dispalyed the var_mat_no it shows the material no with length 18.and the actual material no is of 8 digits like if the material no is 13000000 then it displays it as:
000000000013000000
i want to display it as only 13000000.and want to neglect the 10 zero's before it.wat shud i do?

Did you try the SHIFT statement?
shift matnr LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'
Also remember to CONDENSE the field after the shift.
Br,
Advait
Edited by: Advait Gode on Sep 18, 2009 8:16 AM

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I have tried using both the VISA Write From File vi and also reading the file to a text variable then using the VISA (serial) Write vi but neither work. The VISA Write From File vi return count correctly identifies the number of bytes in the file but the hardware never returns it's transfer complete status message (remember this works 100% of the time in Hyperterminal). Does anyone out there have any advice as to how I can make this work?
Thanks,
Ian

This is going to be a two-part solution, meaning you will need to change the way you read your file and the way you transmit the data.
First, when you read from your file, set the Read VI to read in Line Mode. When you do this, the output of the read will be an array of strings rather than a single string. It will basically read the file until it hits the CR/LF combination, but should strip the terminating characters from each line.
Second, in order to replace the carriage return which was stripped, you can configure VISA to transmit a termination character after each write is performed. In addition to setting the termination character to CR on the Configure Serial Port VI, you will want to use a VISA Property Node to set the Serial::End Mode For Writes properter to use the termination character.
Now, you can simply use a For loop to index through your string array, transmitting each line. You will have eliminated all your manual parsing of the file, which should simplify your application and increase performance. I have included a picture of how this could be done in LabVIEW 8.x. The file I/O interface looks different than it did in 7.1, but the same functionality exists.
-Jason S.
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I need to send binary data to a PIC without the data being converted to ascii. With the VISA vi's, when I want to send 11111111, it gets converted to a string "255", and is sent as "2","5","5" in ascii.
How can I send it as one byte?

r_keller wrote:
@tbob: I probably shouldnt tell my customer that he's an idiot, and obviously 9 bit addressing/signalling modes seem to be not so uncommon in industry, so ur post does not really contribute to solve the problem.
Well I wouldn't call my customer an idiot either. I didn't know he was your customer. Sorry. Not every comment posted here is intended to directly solve a problem. We are a fun loving group, and occasional ribbings take place here. I still think that trying to use 9 bits over an 8-bit protocol is not a good way to go. But if it is the only way, then so be it.
r_keller wrote:
Does the Mark or Space parity bit add another 10th bit to the command or can i only use either ODD parity/Mark/Space?
According to the link you attached, the parity bit adds only one more bit. If the number of bits is set to 8, then the parity is the 9th bit, and you can only use Mark or Space to force that 9th bit to either 1 or 0 respectively. If you try to use odd or even parity, the protocol will determine the parity and change the bit accordingly, and it may not be the one you intended to send. The start and stop bits are fixed by the protocol and cannot be used for extra data bits.
Actually, until I read that article about using Mark and Space, I had no idea at all that sending 9 bits at a time was possible.
- tbob
Inventor of the WORM Global

How can I write bits through the COM1 serial port?

I'm trying to write bits through the serial port COM1.
Labview "Write VI" only writes everything in string. It seems. How can I write bit by bit through COM1?
Thank you,
Van

Serial transmission (COM port) protocol requires sending a group of bits at one time. You cannot just send one bit. Standard COM port settings must be either 7 or 8 data bits, 1 or 2 stop bits, etc... You have to group your bits 7 or 8 at a time. You could probably send a 0 byte or a 1 byte. This would be like sending 0000 0000 for a low bit and 0000 0001 for a high bit. Your receiving end would have to know how to interpret what you are sending if you choose this method. Of course you have to convert your byte into a string before sending to COM port. Wire a U8 data type to a Build Array input. Then wire the array output to a Byte Array to String input. The output of this function will be the character representation of your byte suitable for sending acr
oss a serial port.
- tbob
Inventor of the WORM Global

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Hi,
We need to Extract data from SAP and send to an external system via Webmethods middlewear using IDOCs. I have never used webmethods before and would like to know more about how to implement this scenario. I have used IDOCS in an EDI scenario before but not used it along with WebMethods.
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or
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I am looking to put in a field that will automatically
populate the current date mm/dd/yyyy - I am creating a certificate
for the user to enter their name and print out the certificate with
the date they took the course. also while I am at it how can I
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Hi devokan and welcome to our little community
For the print bit, check out fellow Adobe Community Expert
Paul Dewhurst's print widget. You can see it by
clicking
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For the date bit, I'm thinking you would have to resort to
using JavaScript. Still struggling a bit, however, with how you
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them projects now, since that's the term being used all over in
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accomplish this. My Flash skills are nowhere near that level yet,
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