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ScanTool.Net Freezes if no interface is found

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Anonymous
2015-04-20
2015-05-19
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2015-04-20

    I installed the ScanTool.Net 113 on my Windows 8 tablet and started it but I have no ELM interface yet. Error message "interface was not found" appeared with an ok button, but there is no action when I click OK.
    I downloaded the source code but I see no project file. I tried opening some c files in my VS2008 and I found the error string; I thought I might try and fix it, if I can follow the code, but I cannot run the code- no compile or run button is active in the IDE.
    I simply opened all the c files, because no project file is apparent.

    1. Has anyone come across this error situation?
    2. Am I missing something in the source files? How should I work with this project?
    3. Is anyone still working on this project?
      Thanks.
     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2015-05-19

    Update: I now have an ELM327 Bluetooth interface, bought from interfuse in Wisconsin.(Although up to now I cannot get the ELM adapter to read the ECU of my car when using some other OBD2 programs.)

    The program typically starts up and shows the message-box asking if I want to set the COM port but the buttons did not respond when I tapped them, so I thought it was a bug and had to kill the app from task manager.

    HOWEVER.... I just discovered if I pop up the virtual keyboard the enter key operates the buttons and I can move left and right with arrow keys; but that's all I can do with this simple virtual keyboard.

    So the problem is clearly that the ScanTool app does not recognise touch screen events. These touch screens are new to me and I just assumed they worked like a mouse and the OS looks after it.

    Does anyone in the community know about this? Should a touch-screen work with any program or do you have to handle touch-screen events in apps separately to mouse events?

    If the latter, I wouldn't mind giving it a go to make this program handle touch-screens if someone will help me to get the source code running/ set the environment.

    (I have VS2008)

     

    Last edit: Anonymous 2015-05-20

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