Problem with DigitalCounter, when SetBarsForDigit is used

[seal58]

Hi,
I try to add symbols to a digital counter display. First I preset counter with SetValue, then I use SetBarsForDigit method to activate some bars of the most left digit. But every time I set at least one bar, no counter value number is displayed anymore, even when SetValue is placed after bar setting.
Is that a regular Voltage behavior? Can I only chose between displaying a number or setting bars with flags?

[Captain]

Yeah, looks like this is how it works, which is less than ideal if you want to display a number _and_ some custom bars. One workaround is to write your own SetValue replacement which shows numbers using only the SetBarForDigit method, which is bit of a kludge and requires a bit of work, but at least that should do the job. But yeah, it would be best if you could freely combine the two.

[seal58]

You are right. That is what I checked meanwhile.
If I use SetBarsForDigit, the Voltage system means "ok, if you does not want our service, so do your thing yourself, but completely".

I already found, that there must exist a complete independent custom set of bar registers. All bars that I manipulated myself, will not be overwritten by Voltage and have to be cleared by use of ClearBarsForDigit method.

That is not a big deal but a nice Java programming training for me and I already began to create an own 7 segment coding method. That might be useful for other purposes too.

Thanks for reply.