flatten string function in other language

[alex.]

My server side program is using LV, the client will use other language, how the client read the text sent by tcp. The server use flatten string. What function should the client program use.

Thanks,

[smercurio_fc]

I'm sorry, but your question is not clear. What do you mean by "client will use other language"? Are you referring to a spoken language or a programming language? If it's a programming language then I don't understand the follow-up question: "What function should the client program use." This is entirely dependent on the programming language. Java? C? C++? VB? ADA? Pascal? Cobol? or one of these: Little-Known Computer Languages

[Coq_Rouge]

Is this question related to little/big endian problematic? Read this it will give you info about it

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/97332426D63630EE862565070049FFBB

[alex.]

Just in server said I use the flatten string before tcp send.

At client side, I should use unflatten string after tcp receive, but now the client side is using c, what function should I call as the same of unflatten string.

Thanks. 

[smercurio_fc]

If at the client side you are using C then there is no "Unflatten From String". You will have to read the bytes yourself and decode them yourself by writing your own C code. You can search the net for some examples on how to do this. 

[Dennis_Knutson]

When I last did this, I think I did typecasting in both the LabVIEW program and the C program. I've never used flatten to string in LabVIEW TCP/IP programs.

[alex.]

I use the attached vi in server side to send the string out.

In the client side, received as below

hex

14000000 000c5443
50436c69 656e7420 524e2a90 0045

14000000 000<---no idea what is this
5443 50436c69 656e7420 524e<---is TCPClient RN
2a90 0045<---is *@@

I read the 'Type Descriptors' in the following link, but still no idea of it.

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361E-01/lvconcepts/type_descriptors/

Any suggestion?

[Coq_Rouge]

Cant see any VI

[smercurio_fc]

There is no reason for you to use Flatten To String - that just makes things more complicated. Just use Type Cast as Dennis alluded to. Open the Example Finder and search for TCP/IP. You will find a Simple Data Client and Simple Data Server. Use these as a template. The C code just needs to do the same thing being done in the Simple Data Client which is quite simple to do in C.

[alex.]

Sorry, attachment missing.