4.8. External Interface Classes
In ControlWORKS, the External Interface Class is a special tool used to interface to the software package or DLL developed using other languages, such as C/C++. Because ControlWORKS itself doesn't have any ability to access and control the hardware directly, the External Interface Class works just like a bridge between Smalltalk and other programs developed by other languages. Using the External Interface Class, ControlWORKS can call embedded functions or the DLL developed by C/C++. Because DLL is a good method to call, we present the following discussion about calling DLL from ControlWORKS.
For this application, there are three External Interface Classes, BsmartMotorDll, BTestThread, and ZDBPlotData. Each External ...
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