Have anyone made any test implementation in Delphi?

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luddet
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Have anyone made any test implementation in Delphi?

Post by luddet »

Hi!

Have anyone made any test implementation in Delphi?
How to load and use the DLL...

Best regards
/Luddet
Tasle
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Post by Tasle »

I have just started to develop a test program for TellStick with Delphi, using static linking. You have to declare all functions and procedures like this in the program header (before the Implementation section, I think):

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Function tdTurnOn (deviceID: Integer): Boolean; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdInit; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdClose; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdReleaseString (S: String); External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdTurnOff (deviceID: Integer): Boolean; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdBell (deviceID: Integer): Boolean; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdDim (deviceID: Integer; Level: Byte): Boolean; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdMethods (deviceID: Integer; methodsSupported: Integer): Integer;
External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdGetDeviceId (a: Integer): Integer; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdGetName (I: Integer): String; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdGetNumberOfDevices: Integer; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdSetName (intDeviceId: Integer; chNewName: String); External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdRemoveDevice (intDeviceId: Integer); External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdAddDevice; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Hope this will do for a start. As stated above, I'm in an initial phase of the development and will have to gain more experience with each of the functions and procedures.

BTW, I think those C++ functions without paramteres must me declared as procedures in Delphi.

Hope anyone has done more Delphi programming with TellStick than I, and would like to keep this post going! :)

TelldusCore.dll has to reside in the same directory with the Delphi program, or in Windows\System32, or in a PATH directory. In my case it's in the Delphi program directory for speedy access.
Tasle
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Documentation

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Forgot to mention: A good starting point in any language is located at
http://developer.telldus.se/doxygen/gro ... f1cd532b33
arneolav
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Re: Have anyone made any test implementation in Delphi?

Post by arneolav »

Simple example in Delphi

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unit TelldusEx;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// To run this example you have to do:
// 1. Download and install Telldus center from: http://www.telldus.se/products/tellstick
// 2. Install a Tellstick in an USB port of your computer
// 3. Get a remote on/off switch, ex NEXA OnOff, connect it to the currrent and a lamp to see it working.
// 4. You must install the switch (NEXA) in TelldusCenter, give it a name (eks: NEXA1) and unit nr 1, and run the learning process.
// 5. Copy  TelldusCore.dll to the .exe directory of this program.
// 6. Compile and run this example.
// 8. You should now be able to paly with the switch, turn it on and off.
//
//---------------------------arneolavatmyttingdotes--------------------------------


interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    But_On: TButton;
    But_off: TButton;
    Label1: TLabel;

    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
    procedure But_OnClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure But_offClick(Sender: TObject);

  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

Procedure tdInit; Stdcall; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Procedure tdClose; Stdcall; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdTurnOn (deviceID: Integer): Integer; Stdcall; External 'TelldusCore.dll';
Function tdTurnOff (deviceID: Integer): Integer; Stdcall; External 'TelldusCore.dll';

var
  Form1: TForm1;

var ResultCod : Integer;                     // No handling of result, just for futher use

implementation

{$R *.dfm}

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  tdInit;                                            { Allways perform init/open }
end;

procedure TForm1.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
begin
   tdClose;                                          { Allways perform a close }
end;

procedure TForm1.But_OnClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ResultCod := tdTurnOn (1);                         { Unit number 1, selected in Tellus Center }
end;

procedure TForm1.But_offClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ResultCod := tdTurnOff (1) ;                       { Unit number 1, selected in Tellus Center }
end;



end.
micke-71
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Re: Have anyone made any test implementation in Delphi?

Post by micke-71 »

Now you got my brain working... I guess there is a "delphi" version for linux.

But i have a Tellstick Net. It would be real nice if we could have a telldus core and firmware for that to. Delphi and VB is the only language i have used in the past.
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