Thanks Fred,
All I had to do was rename the panels in my "metric" PCB file. I take mine
with lemon.
Chris
"Lauzus,
Frederick" To: kocourek chris@lms_na,
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<FLauzus@high cc:
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CTK problem
06/29/00
01:49 PM
Been there, done that.
Each control panel must have a unique name, even if it is in a separate
menu
defined in a separate PCB file. Somehow SmartCAM finds one occurrence of a
control panel and will display that panel at all locations bearing the same
name.
Bug or feature? Whichever it is, since it is undocumented it can be a pain.
It is a better practice to have unique names for all panels anyway. On
occasion I have also taken advantage of this bug, feature, whatever. It
allows me to place common control panels in multiple menus and tool boxes
while only having to maintain it in a single PCB file. I made lemonade.
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Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
High Steel Structures, Incorporated
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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:13 PM
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Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Stumped on CTK problem
Importance: High
Hi all,
I have a series of ctk panels that access macro commands through
action buttons. These macro commands program various types of holes, such
as: Spot-Drill-Tap, Spot-Drill-Bore, etc. These panels and macros have
worked fine since their inception.
I had to produce a whole new set of panels for metric workpieces. I
felt that the easiest way to do this was to open the panels in CTK and do a
save-as and give it a metric designation, then go through each action
button, rename it, and point it to the equivalent metric macro. Saves a lot
of time, right? Well it worked fine for the new metric panels, but here's
the stumper: Every original panel that I did a save-as to now shows the
metric panel when in Smartcam, not the original. When I open the original
panel in CTK, it still shows the original panels! I double-checked the .ini
file [UserMenu] and everything is correct; separate lines for the original
and for the metric panels. What you access in Smartcam is NOT the same as
what you open in CTK. It's as if some sort of association was made in the
panels when I did the save-as (bug?).
I'll head off the simple questions:
Yes, I closed and re-opened Smartcam after every .ini file change.
I double and triple checked all pertinent paths and file names.
I tried renaming the .pcb files and changing the .ini [UserMenu]
definitions to match.
Nothing works. I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
(See attached file: Pcb Stumper.ZIP)
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