Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: SerialPort.ReadLine

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SerialPort.ReadLine

Reads a line of text from serial port.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
SerialPort	7.0	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

MBS( "SerialPort.ReadLine"; PortReference { ; Encoding } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

PortReference The reference number of the port. You get this number from SerialPort.Open when you open the port. $port

Encoding The text encoding for result.
Default is native.
This function can also handle UTF-16 as well as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE for little/big endian byte order.
Pass hex or base64 to get text back encoded. UTF8 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
PortReference	The reference number of the port. You get this number from SerialPort.Open when you open the port.	$port
Encoding	The text encoding for result. Default is native. This function can also handle UTF-16 as well as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE for little/big endian byte order. Pass hex or base64 to get text back encoded.	UTF8	Optional

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Reads a line of text from serial port.
The plugin buffers input and reads text until first newline character. Returns text without that newline character.

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Release notes

Version 7.3
- Fixed issue with SerialPort.ReadLine being off by one.
Version 7.0
- Added SerialPort.HasLine and SerialPort.ReadLine functions.

Created 21st December 2016, last changed 21st December 2016

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