Create Project
Launch Visual Studio, select [New]-[Project] from [File] menu.
From the [Templates] of [New Project] dialog box, select [Windows Form Application] of [Visual C#],
and specify the name and location of the project to be created.
When click the [OK] button, the project will be created.
* Item names and commands may differ depending on the version of Visual Studio.
Include Class Library
In order to use the functions of DIO driver in Visual C#, the class library file CDIOCS.CS is required.
Add the CDIOCS.CS file from [Project]-[Add Existing Item].
Modify the Project Setting
The DIO driver supports callbacks, so you need to change the project settings.
Open the project properties and select [Build] on the left side of the dialog.
Check [Allow unsafe code blocks] and click the [OK] button.
* Item names and commands may differ depending on the version of Visual Studio.
Add Name Space
Add name space to use the methods in class library.
At the beginning of the C# source code file (with .cs extension), please add the following line.
using CdioCs;
Create Class Instance
In order to use DIO class library, create a instance of class.
In the C# source code file (with .cs extension), add the following lines at the beginning of form class.
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
Cdio dio = new Cdio();// <- add
How to Use Class Library Methods
When using DIO driver functions in C#, call class library method other than calling the function directly.
The functions of DIO driver are called by calling the methods of class library.
All the methods in the class library are defined with the name by omitting the prefix [Dio] of function name.
When using with C#, please use the method without prefix Dio.
For example, when using DioInit function
Ret = dio.Init ( ....
For example, when using DioInpByte function
Ret = dio.InpByte ( ....