/// <summary>
/// This method takes a string with each char (byte) representing the locations of active
/// on a CyCustomCharacterArray.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customCharacter"> The instance of a character to be updated from CyDesigner data.</param>
/// <param name="cyCharacterString"> The string representing byte array from CyDesigner.</param>
public void CYStringToCharacter(CyCustomCharacter customCharacter, string cyCharacterString)
{
char[] chars = new char[customCharacter.Rows];
int index = 0;
// Remove last comma and seperate into indivudual strings.
string[] hexCharacterArray = cyCharacterString.TrimEnd(',').Split(',');
for (int i = 0; i < hexCharacterArray.Length; i++)
{
chars[index++] = (char)byte.Parse(hexCharacterArray[i], System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
}
CharLCD_I2C_v1_5.CyBox[,] boxes = customCharacter.GetBoxArray();
for (int row = 0; row < customCharacter.Rows; row++)
{
for (int column = 0; column < customCharacter.Columns; column++)
{
if ((((byte)chars[row]) & getExponent(customCharacter.Columns - 1 - column)) != 0)
{
boxes[row, column].IsActive = true;
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method takes a user defined custom character and converts the locations of active
/// pixels to an array of bytes, cast into a string to be stored on the LCD component object in CyDesigner.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customCharacter"> The string representing byte array from CyDesigner.</param>
public string CharacterToCYString(CyCustomCharacter customCharacter)
{
// Comma Seperated String of Hex Values
string cyCharacterString = "";
CharLCD_I2C_v1_5.CyBox[,] pixelArray = customCharacter.GetBoxArray();
// Indivudual row value to be calculated
byte rowValue;
for (int row = 0; row < customCharacter.Rows; row++)
{
rowValue = 0;
for (int column = 0; column < customCharacter.Columns; column++)
{
if (pixelArray[row, column].IsActive)
{
// If active find out which pixel it is. The 0th is the furthest right
// and has a value of 1. 'customCharacter.Columns - 1' is the furthest left
// and has a value of 2^(customCharacter.Columns -1). Values in between are
// Exponential powers of 2 based on position.
rowValue += (byte)getExponent(customCharacter.Columns - 1 - column);
}
}
cyCharacterString += rowValue.ToString("X") + ",";
}
// Convert Char arry to string and return it.
return(cyCharacterString);
}
// Given a CustomCharacter, convert it into the lines of code to build an LCD custom char Array.
string CharacterToCCode(CyCustomCharacter customCharacter)
{
// "characterString" represents the character after conversion to C Code
String characterString = "";
CharLCD_I2C_v1_5.CyBox[,] pixelArray = customCharacter.GetBoxArray();
// Indivudual row value to be calculated
byte rowValue;
for (int row = 0; row < customCharacter.Rows; row++)
{
rowValue = 0;
for (int column = 0; column < customCharacter.Columns; column++)
{
if (pixelArray[row, column].IsActive)
{
// If active find out which pixel it is. The 0th is the furthest right
// and has a value of 1. 'customCharacter.Columns - 1' is the furthest left
// and has a value of 2^(customCharacter.Columns -1). Values in between are
// Exponential powers of 2 based on position.
rowValue += (byte)getExponent(customCharacter.Columns - 1 - column);
}
}
// Convert to 2 digit hex. Build Code for this row of the character.
string temp = rowValue.ToString("X");
if (temp.Length != 2)
{
characterString += String.Format(" 0x0{0}u", rowValue.ToString("X"));
}
else
{
characterString += String.Format(" 0x{0}u", rowValue.ToString("X"));
}
// No Comma after the last hex value
if (row != customCharacter.Rows - 1)
{
characterString += ",";
}
}
return(characterString);
}