LcdCharacterEncodingFactory.Create(CultureInfo, String, Char, Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Iot.Device.CharacterLcd

Assembly:: Iot.Device.Bindings.dll

Package:: Iot.Device.Bindings v1.1.0

Package:: Iot.Device.Bindings v1.2.0

Package:: Iot.Device.Bindings v1.3.0

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Creates the character mapping optimized for the given culture. Checks whether the characters required for a given culture are available in the installed character map and tries to add them as user-defined characters, if possible.

public Iot.Device.CharacterLcd.LcdCharacterEncoding Create (System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, string romName, char unknownLetter, int maxNumberOfCustomCharacters);

member this.Create : System.Globalization.CultureInfo * string * char * int -> Iot.Device.CharacterLcd.LcdCharacterEncoding

Public Function Create (culture As CultureInfo, romName As String, unknownLetter As Char, maxNumberOfCustomCharacters As Integer) As LcdCharacterEncoding

Parameters

culture: CultureInfo

Culture for which support is required

romName: String

ROM type of attached chip. Supported values: "A00", "A02", "SplC780"

unknownLetter: Char

Letter that is printed when an unknown character is encountered. This letter must be part of the default rom set

maxNumberOfCustomCharacters: Int32

Maximum number of custom characters supported on the hardware. Should be 8 for Hd44780-controlled displays.

Returns

LcdCharacterEncoding

The newly created encoding. Whether the encoding can be loaded to a certain display will be decided later.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The character specified as unknownLetter must be part of the mapping.

Applies to

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