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VB and the development of wizards / Tooltable import export and reset macros
« on: July 13, 2014, 09:50:34 AM »
OK after getting cheesed off entering tool tables on my lathe I decided to create a couple of macros that would let me export and import said tool tables.
I got started after reading Keithorr's original post on here from way back in 2008 http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,4290.20.html
Files:
Export.txt - exports the tool table to semi colon delimited text file called ToolTable.txt to the C:\Mach3 directory
Reset.txt - resets the Mach3 tool table to default
Import.txt - imports previously created Tooltable.txt file
Usage:
Change the text file names to a valid macro file name e.g. M205.m1s and execute
Bugs/Problems:
There seems to be no facility in Mach3 to read or save the Tip Direction or the Post settings in the macros language.
Also the VB Scripting language in Mach3 does not seem to support the Split() function which was a bit of a headache so I had to mackle together a couple of functions to perform the same action with the functions available. One line of code turned into lots
They are fairly basic with no error checking to speak of. But they may help someone.
Cheers
Rim
PS theres an extra ";" at the end of each line in the tooltable.txt, leave it in - it was easier to make the code work. I could have fixed it but the extra lines of code didn't seem to warrant it.
I got started after reading Keithorr's original post on here from way back in 2008 http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,4290.20.html
Files:
Export.txt - exports the tool table to semi colon delimited text file called ToolTable.txt to the C:\Mach3 directory
Reset.txt - resets the Mach3 tool table to default
Import.txt - imports previously created Tooltable.txt file
Usage:
Change the text file names to a valid macro file name e.g. M205.m1s and execute
Bugs/Problems:
There seems to be no facility in Mach3 to read or save the Tip Direction or the Post settings in the macros language.
Also the VB Scripting language in Mach3 does not seem to support the Split() function which was a bit of a headache so I had to mackle together a couple of functions to perform the same action with the functions available. One line of code turned into lots
They are fairly basic with no error checking to speak of. But they may help someone.
Cheers
Rim
PS theres an extra ";" at the end of each line in the tooltable.txt, leave it in - it was easier to make the code work. I could have fixed it but the extra lines of code didn't seem to warrant it.