At work we use Windows NT V4.0, so what I'm going to do is print a copy of
the smatcam.ini along with the pmill.ini and awedm.ini files. I'll do some
comparing and hopefully come up with something...

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Bill Schoeppe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
                Sent:   Tuesday, July 04, 2000 9:28 AM
                To:     Michael Senack; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
                Subject:        Re: [mfg-smartcam] Color/colours help

                this may be too simple but check your smartcam.ini file who
knows?

                    thanks bill
                -----Original Message-----
                From: Michael Senack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
                To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
                Date: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:20 AM
                Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Color/colours help


                >I recently reinstalled SmartCAM V11.5 due to some missing
.DLL files error.
                >I think this error occurred because I deleted V3.0 of
Acrobat Reader. The
                >reason for doing that was because, I have a V4.0 of Acrobat
Reader. See the
                >logic... I'm figuring that this was the catalyst that
redenered SmartCAM
                >inoperable. Unfortunately I had emptied the recycle bin so
I couldn't
                >restore Acrobat Reader V3.0
                >
                >Well to make a long story short I figured it would be
quicker to reinstall
                >V11.5 which it was at first until I opened up the
Production Mill and
                >Advanced Wire EDM modules to find no color/colours!
                >
                >Below I dug out from Jun/2000 archives an e-mail about lack
of
                color/colours
                >problem like the one I'm experiencing. I tried both the
suggestions with no
                >success. I even ran both configuration files from the
D:\Tec_supp\Config\
                >sub-directory and sill no color\colours. I did a reboot
after the
                reinstall.
                >I removed everything and reinstalled SmartCAM again but no
color/colours.
                >
                >Any other ideas would be appreciated.
                >
                >
                >
                >
                >Message-ID:
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                >From: "Lauzus, Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
        
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                >=83DFFB537B78D1119AA9080009DE9DBF0227CBA3@MAILSERV> >
                >Subject: [mfg-smartcam] RE: colors
                >Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:23:25 -0400
                >
                >
                >Johnny,
                >
                >Check your Windows display properties for the number of
colors used.
                >SmartCAM will run with 16 colors but it looks like hell,
especially in Show
                >Cut. You should use at least 256 colors with 32,000 or more
preferred.
                Check
                >the previous message listed below for more information on a
Config utility
                >shipped with SmartCAM v11 to help adjust your colors.
                >
                >
                >
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                > Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
                > High Steel Structures, Incorporated
                > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
        
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                >
                >-----Original Message-----
                >From: Hubbard, Johnny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
        
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                >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:13 AM
                >To: mfg-smartcam
                >Subject:
                >
                >We installed SmartCAM on another PC a couple of months ago.
Since there is
                >no tech support that I can find and the IS dept seems to
                >not be able to give much help I figured yall are the best
place to find
                >help. The problem is when we installed it there is no color
on any
                >layers and there are lines between menu picks on the right
side and
                >everything is black and gray. There is no color option to
choose
                >from in the display colors for tools or layers.   Any
ideas?
                >
                >
                >Appreciate any suggestions.
                >Thanks from Tenn.
                >
                >Johnny
        
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                >Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 8:18 AM
                >To: mfg-smartcam
                >Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Layer colors
                >
                >
                >F.Y.I.
                >
                >There is configuration program that provides a visual
method of setting
                >certain properties of the SMARTCAM.INI file. It is included
with SmartCAM
                >v11
                >and is located at D:\Tec_supp\Config\Config.zip on the
SmartCAM v11 CD.
                >
                >To install and use this utility, unzip the file CONFIG.ZIP
into a temporary
                >directory and then run its SETUP.EXE program.  The files
will be installed
                >in
                >the directory you choose and you will be able to run the
utility by using
                >the
                >file CONFIG.EXE.  You can also create an icon or shortcut
to this file to
                >make
                >accessing the program easier.
                >
                >The utility will read system variables to find the location
of the files it
                >needs. You will be able to set GUI colors, paths to files,
menu location,
                >code
                >file output options, fonts, hot keys, etc without manually
editing the
                >SMARTCAM.INI file. Most changes made with this utility will
not be applied
                >until the next time a SmartCAM application is opened.
                >
                >To get the most out of SmartCAM's 16 color palette, set the
number of
                colors
                >in your Windows display settings higher than 256. This will
allow you more
                >flexibility in what colors you can define in SmartCAM. I
use the attached
                >file COLORS.pm4 as a test pattern for evaluating changes to
the 16 layer
                >and step colors.
                >
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                > High Steel Structures, Incorporated
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