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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 11, 2012, 11:56:07 AM »

This is most likely my problem but I've gone round and round so much now I'm confused honestly.  Why is the XML in the Mach3\macro\profile directory?  It contains the right value but when Mach is re-started it evidentally doesn't read from that file since it doesn't return that value.  Could I be missing a whole sub directory to the Mach3 directory?  Also the 2 XML's are different sizes but both have the same mod date/time stamp.
Pretty confused right now!  Could you give me an example of the path to your active directory containing the XML?  On 3 different configs the only place the XML's are in the main Mach3 directory and in the macros\profile directory.  Thanks again.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 11, 2012, 11:00:02 AM »

Good'ay
I've spent an hour or so this morning with a fresh mind and here are my findings; I tried the User DRO way of going, I can set it and retrieve it in one session, but when I close Mach down and re-start it I loose it.  Checking 2 different PC's and 2 different configurations neither has any User DRO's in the XML files.

Setting and Getting Vars works about the same and I can find the value in the XML, but not the XML in the main Mach directory but rather in a XML file in the macros\profile directory, trouble is when the new iteration of Mach starts it reads the XML in the Mach directory and returns the default value.  Why these work for you and not me leaves me baffled but I know if it won't work for me it probably won't work for someone else so I can't rely on it, which is disappointing.  Don't get me wrong, I still think Mach is a great program, especially considering bang for your buck.  I've devised a way around this for my app but it would be nice if I could depend on setting a Var or Param and get it days later via the XML.  Why are there 2 XML's, why does it write to one and read from the other?

Thanks for listening, if you've got any further ideas I'd like to hear them, and bottom line if we can help make Mach better it is to everyone's advantage.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 10, 2012, 03:51:15 PM »

I'm running the macro from Mach3\macros\Mill.  Version 3.042.040  I'm using an obscure OEMDRO right now, Tangential Lift Angle #92 since I figured it wouldn't be influenced elsewhere and it is part of the XML, not all DRO's are.  Doing more investigation I find 2 XML files, both with the same mod date and time, one in the Mach3 directory and the other in Mach3\macros\Mill directory, HERE'S the WEIRD THING, the XML in the Mach3 directory is holding the default value, in this case 45; the XML in the Mach3\macros\Mill directory is showing the value I set via the macro.  I always thought the XML of the profile was in the main directory only.  Can you shed any light on this.
I sincerely appreciate your help, thanks.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 10, 2012, 01:55:30 PM »

Getting a little closer, it doesn't appear to be a problem with the Set and Get commands but rather when I set a OEMDRO from a macro it doesn't persist, even though I can watch the DRO change when I run the macro.  If I manually change the DRO and enter as you have to after entering the new value it persists and can be verified in the XML.  So now the question is how do I get the value to 'stick' when it's changed via a macro?
Thanking you once again.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 10, 2012, 01:24:53 PM »

Gentlemen,
I've spent the past couple of hours trying to get a (double) value to persist through a shut down and re-start of Mach.  Params, Vars, OEMDRO's, UserDRO's, none of these will hold the value when Mach is re-started.  I have Persistent DRO's checked in General Config but when I re-start Mach the value is at default, not the value at last shut down, isn't this the definition of Persist.
What am I missing?
Thank you.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Persistent Parameters

« on: November 10, 2012, 09:14:51 AM »

Thanks, from what I can see in the Reference Manual GetParam and SetParam are looking for a string value as to the parameter name.  How do I get and set these parameters, 500 - 600?  And if you could lead me to the documentation it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,

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VB and the development of wizards / Persistent Parameters

« on: November 10, 2012, 08:35:30 AM »

Hello World,
I'm having a hard time finding a parameter (a Double) that will persist from one Mach session to the next that can be used in a macro.  I assume it would have to be saved into the XML but scanning that I don't see any likely candidates.  If you can help me solve this and/or lead me to the documentation on this subject it is much appreciated.
Thank you,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis plunges when starting?

« on: November 04, 2012, 10:41:05 AM »

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool Change Offset issues

« on: November 04, 2012, 10:33:34 AM »

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