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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Mach3 Plugin Licensing System

« on: February 08, 2009, 02:46:42 PM »

Hi, I am extending my consulting work to include license system integration services for plugin developers.  Please try the demo if this is of interest to you.

-James Leonard

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Announcing DragonCNC - CAD / CAM for CorelDRAW and Mach3

« on: February 24, 2008, 09:48:13 PM »

Hi, I released the beta download of DragonCNC today.  I has some unique features and supports Mach3,  You can see it at http://www.dragoncnc.com and I have set up a support forum at http://www.leonardcncsoftware.com.

-James Leonard

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Mach3 Plugin Tutorial Document and Prototype File Set

« on: November 17, 2007, 04:08:11 PM »

Hi,

Building on the work of Art, Brian and John Prentice I have written a tutorial that shows the mechanics of getting started with Mach3 plugin development.  If there is sufficient interest I will make this a series.

UPDATE (04/10/08): Please use PluginProto_v01b.zip on this page with this V01 tutorial.  It contains the missing header files that were left out accidentally and Proto.h has added declarations needed to complete the tutorial using the PluginTest dialog and CMyScriptObject.

-James Leonard

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VB and the development of wizards / VB Script bug: LoadFile does not work right from the macropump

« on: March 14, 2007, 04:20:08 PM »

The load does not complete and an empty path generation dialog is displayed which gets 'stuck'

-James Leonard

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VB and the development of wizards / DLL lifetime control from VB

« on: March 05, 2007, 05:30:30 PM »

Hi,

I need to use some external DLLs that have Startup() and Shutdown() functions that should be called before usage and upon Mach3 shutdown.  These DLLs will be used from the macropump.m1s script.  I have found that there is another predefined script init.m1s so I hope there is also a script that is called upon Mach3 shutdown.  Is there such a script and what is it's name?

-James Leonard

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / How to read screen labels / text values in a plugin

« on: January 19, 2007, 06:37:20 PM »

Hi, can anybody tell me how to read the contents of the screen labels?  I need to know the gcode filename / path currently, but I may need other values in the near future.

-James Leonard

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / GetDRO / SetDRO from a plugin

« on: September 12, 2006, 07:50:24 PM »

Heloo,

I have started working with the plugin SDK.  The plugin I want to write will interact with the Mach3 DROs and buttons.  My first attempt at modifying the blank plugin cannot read or write the DROs using the codes in the Mach2 customization manual (0, 1, 2) for DROs X, Y, and Z.  The Wiki says GetDRO / Set DRO is deprecated for the VB scripting.  I have implmented a simple GetDRO and a SetDRO in the myConfig method.  Nothing happens when I press the 'config' button on the plugin config screen.

-James Leonard

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LazyCam (Beta) / LaxyCAM ActiveX / COM control from VBA

« on: April 18, 2006, 04:44:26 PM »

Hi Brian,

I mentioned this a while ago and you thought it might be a good idea.  I have an artistic woodworking inlay design package written in CorelDraw 12 VBA that is coming along nicely.  I just got the first custom DXF export running, so I am attaching it here.  What I would like to start off doing is to able to write out a DXF from my VBA software and then tell LazyCAM to load it.  Then, I would like to set the relevant parameters in LazyCAM, cut depth, number of passes, all that stuff directly from VBA.

What do you think?

-James Leonard

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LazyCam (Beta) / What is the projected cost of LazyCAM

« on: March 09, 2006, 12:09:18 PM »

Also will you support cutter compensation?

-James