Data sent from the SmartDashboard to the cRio

[Hjelstrom]

Thats strange, I'm looking at the WPILib C++ source in FirstForge and I don't see a GetData function call anywhere in SmartDashboard or its parent classes.

[dkearle]

Originally Posted by Hjelstrom

Thats strange, I'm looking at the WPILib C++ source in FirstForge and I don't see a GetData function call anywhere in SmartDashboard or its parent classes.

For documentation I've been using the "C++ HTML Help file reference document" available on FirstForge. This has been incredibly useful. If you haven't already, I highly encourage you to download it - http://firstforge.wpi.edu/sf/go/doc1198?nav=1

After you download, open this help file, select "Contents", "Class List" and then scroll down to the SmartDashboard class. Select this and then scroll down the documentation on the SmartDashboard to the list of "Public Member Functions". GetData() is the third function listed.

I just looked in the SmartDashboard.h file on my computer. It is what was provided when I reinstalled the development environment this year. Here is what it contains: "SmartDashboardData* GetData(const char *keyName);"

[Hjelstrom]

Oh, there is a lot of stuff in there that I don't see in the code I downloaded from FirstForge. Yes it looks like everything we need is there. Thanks!

I was trying to do some research from home where I don't have the development environment. I thought the code in FirstForge would be the latest but it apparently isn't.

Here is where I was looking:
http://firstforge.wpi.edu/sf/scm/do/...cts.wpilib/scm