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still not having much lick searching. I see the DotNet list has had 2 emails
this morning....none of them mine tho :-)<BR>
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Message-----<BR>From: "James Sugrue" <jamessugrue@xtra.co.nz><BR>To:
"'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'"
<delphi@ns3.123.co.nz><BR>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:59:07 +1300<BR>
Subject: RE: [DUG] OFF TOPIC<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Should be ok then,
I am pretty sure SP3 gets installed with cf 2.0.<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jeremy Coulter<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, 16 December 2005 9:51
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NZ Borland
Developers Group - <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place w:st="on">
Delphi</st1:place> List<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN>
</B> RE: [DUG] OFF TOPIC</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">cant see any SP under the add/remove programs,
although the CF2.0 stuff is installed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jeremy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
"James Sugrue" <jamessugrue@xtra.co.nz><BR>To: "'NZ Borland Developers
Group - Delphi List'" <delphi@ns3.123.co.nz><BR>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
08:29:46 +1300<BR>Subject: RE: [DUG] OFF TOPIC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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auto"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I think it shows up in activesync under
add/remove programs.<?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:p> </SPAN></FONT><o:p>
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auto"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
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10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>
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delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jeremy Coulter<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, 16 December 2005 8:05
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'NZ Borland
Developers Group - <?xml:namespace prefix = u2 /><u2:place u3:st="on">
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</u2:place></st1:place> List'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [DUG] OFF TOPIC</SPAN>
</FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">do you know how to tell if you have SP3
installed? I am running 2003 Special Edition. </SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p>
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auto"><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jeremy</SPAN></FONT> <u1:p></u1:p><o:p>
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auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>James Sugrue<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
Sent:</SPAN></B> 16 December 2005 08:00<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - <u2:place u3:st="on">
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</u2:place></st1:place> List'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [DUG] OFF TOPIC</SPAN>
</FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oh and make sure the PPC 2003 SP3 is
installed otherwise it may not update anyway. There is a bug in PPC 2003 in
the UI code.<u1:p></u1:p></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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auto"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u1:p> </u1:p> </SPAN></FONT><o:p>
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auto"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>
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delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jeremy Coulter<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, 16 December 2005 7:29
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
delphi@delphi.org.nz<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN>
</B>[DUG] OFF TOPIC</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Sorry to send this here....and I prob.should send to OffTopic, but
just incase someone who is not on the offtopic list knows the answer I am
sending here.</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">This is a .Net question that I asked lastnight 7pm but the email,
infact no emails, has not comethru form the nz dotnet mailing list. If
someone knows the answer, I would greatly appreciate the answer :-</SPAN>
</FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Hi all.</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">I fired up VS2005 for the first time today...well first time to DO
something....and I noticed the new SerialPort control. </SPAN></FONT><u1:p>
</u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">This fitted in nicely because I want to read some data from the
comport for the wee app I want to do.</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p>
</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Now I might be approching this the wrong way, but I dropped a
serialport control onto my SmartDevice app....I am writting a PPC 2003 app.
and set up the port settings etc, and on the "DataReceived" event I am doing
:-</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
TextBox1.Text = SerialPort1.ReadLine()</SPAN></FONT><u1:p>
</u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">And
THIS is where it throws an error. Can someone please help?
The error is :-</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">System.NotSupportedException was unhandled<BR>
Message="Control.Invoke must be used to interact with controls created on a
separate thread."<BR> StackTrace:<BR> at
Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr()<BR> at
System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Text()<BR> at
System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Text()<BR> at
DeviceApplication1.Form1.SerialPort1_DataReceived()<BR> at
System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.CatchReceivedEvents()<BR> at
EventLoopRunner.CallReceiveEvents()<BR> at
WorkItem.doWork()<BR> at
System.Threading.Timer.ring()</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Thanks, Jeremy</SPAN></FONT><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>
Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database:
267.13.13/200 - Release Date: 14/12/2005</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV><u1:p>
</u1:p></DIV>
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auto"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>
Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database:
267.13.13/200 - Release Date: 14/12/2005</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV><u1:p>
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