Comments by DrMN (Top 19 by date)

I looked at the next few pages of them. Wow. One even writes more or less, "it does everything, it is unlimited, but I don't have time to write documentation". The words "memory leaks" appear in the comments. It is really surprisingly difficult to find something that is simple and comes with a simple example that works.

Okie dokie, that worked, I have a chart, but it looks like a bar chart, not a graph. I suppose that is just the icon and I need to add something to make it a graph. Okay, anyway that is something. I suppose it is time to find the documentation for it.it. Thank you

I did actually search before posting the question, and on other forums as well. The animation one seems to have the write words in the title, but again, I haven't found an easy to use example that is relevant for me.

Yes, and yet not one of those at least in the first 10 or so, are just a simple 2-d graph. You have bar charts, multiple axes, and on and on. To use any of that, I have to study the code enough to pick it apart and hope nothing extraneous remains or critical was removed. It is not a good starting point to write a program. I understand, developers want to show off what it can do, but to use it easily, we need a maximally simple example to know where to start. It took a long time before the people at matplotlib got that, too. It is crucial if you want someone to use your software.

It is Windows Forms, I think net frameworks is the older version? Chart is now part of something that needs to be added to VS. I found this, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1295118/how-to-add-chart-in-my-windows-form-in-visual-stud

Okay, disappointing. Microsoft q&a says that chart is no longer in Windows Forms.

There is a Toolbox, no Tool, no chart

Ah, thank you. C# and .net are installing now. I have to run out for a while. Is it possible to reach you if I get stuck getting to the first compile? Thanks again, really fantastic.

in other words, open vs, create a new project, select winform, and then drop in the above code?

Yep, I started building these because of cost, and to be able to record kinetic series with good control over the timing. Few of the commercial instruments do that.

Fantastic! I dont understand it yet, of course.

I see the words threads in the "using" statements, and some routines with click in the names, but I have no clue how a thread is created or how the buttons are connected to something and positioned.

Perhaps, but I have to do it very quickly, and my most recent windows programming was winapi and a long time ago. I have hardly used a windows machine in years

I built it. It is derived from this design https://github.com/drmcnelson/Linear-CCD-with-LTSpice-KiCAD-Firmware-and-Python-Library. The item in question is a little more eloquent, a lower noise front end with a 16 bit diff ADC, and fits inside a handheld size housing.

In case you are interested, this one, with a higher end sensor should be ready soon. I have the boards back from fab. https://github.com/drmcnelson/S11639-01-Linear-CCD-PCB-and-Code

Thank you, but that is .net. I have no experience with .net, only simple c++ and winapi, but it does look simple. Does it do scientific style graphics? The article shows only an excel style chart.