As mentioned in a recent posting, SmartCAM sill relies on ini files for most of it's configuration settings, a left over from Windows 3.x running under DOS. The only SmartCAM settings I know of in the registry are for display in the "Currently Installed Programs" window of the "Add/Remove Programs" dialog box in Control Panel. Those settings are modified by the setup and uninstall programs, not by SmartCAM itself.
What this means to you is that it's relatively easy to transplant SmartCAM from one PC to another, except for the license. The following files, if present, need to be copied from the Windows folder on the source PC to the target PC: cam.ini camcon.ini comm.ini ctk.ini edplus.ini machdef.ini smartcam.ini The critical file is the SmartCAM.ini file. The file contains the first of the path information SmartCAM uses to locate it's files. Open this file and check the defaults section. Make note of the following entries on the source PC (The default for a Win95 install is shown): [Defaults] SmartCAMPath=C:\Sm9 CFGPath=C:\Sm9CFG\HOME Copy the listed folders and their contents from the source PC to the same locations on the target PC. The only edit required to any Windows file is the addition of the path to the folder containing the license key files. This is done in the win.ini file normally found in the Windows folder. Make note of the following entry on the source PC (The default for a Win95 install is shown): [ElanLM] Keydirectory=C:\SM9CFG\KEYDIR Edit the win.ini file on the target PC to include this section. The only other path considerations are addressed by the individual application ini files found in the CFGPath. afab.ini amill.ini awedm.ini ffm.ini pmill.ini pturn.ini If you did a default installation the paths should be OK. If you have any custom CTK panels or configuration files in other folders, make sure they are copied as well. You can acquire a new license from EDS, http://support.plms-eds.com/smartcam/license_help.shtml, or you can use the VolumeID program, http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#VolumeId, to change the hard drive label on the target PC to match the source. ================================================== Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com ================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mfg-smartcam] SmartCAM V11.5 In the past six months one of our computers which had SmartCAM on it had the hard drive reformatted. In addition the CD containing all the SmartCAM installation files was lost or destroyed. What is needed is someone that has the knowledge to direct me on how I might burn a new CD with the files from our existing SmartCAM computer so they may be loaded on another computer. Or not being able to do that, someone that might be willing to burn a copy of their CD for me to load a second computer with the Production Milling and the Advanced Turning applications. You may reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions or assistance. Thank you. Joe ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
