Gary, Customizing a report generator can be a daunting task. The syntax is not very forgiving.
Report file formats are outlines starting on page 51 of the "SmartCAM Customization Guide". You can also refer to Technote 124 "Customizing the Report Generator in v9.x" in the tec_supp directory of your SmartCAM v11 CD, \TEC_SUPP\TECHNOTE\TECH.ZIP There is also a "Report Assistant" application on the SmartCAM v11 CD, \TEC_SUPP\PUBFILES\TOOLS\REP301B.ZIP This is a freeware program written by Keith Knuth at CAMAX, described as follows: Report Assistant 3.0 is a 32 bit program that is intended to simplify the process of creating custom Job, Step, and Tool reports. By simply pointing and clicking on the items that you want to include in your report you can easily create an endless variety of reports. Report Assistant is also intended as a learning tool. Once you have created several reports using Report Assistant you should start seeing how the actual .FMT files are formatted and you can begin creating/editing reports by hand. Report Assistant does not take advantage of every customizing feature available. Only most of them. By creating reports by hand you can take full advantage of all of these features. This is a listing of the jos evaluator expressions required for the information you outlined. jos(step_num) step number jos(tl_num) tool number, not the step jos_str(st_desc) description from the step page jos_str(st_notes) notes from the step page jos_str(tm_notes) notes from the tool page ================================================== Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.highsteel.com <http://www.highsteel.com/> ================================================== -----Original Message----- From: gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:00 AM To: Smartcam Users Group (E-mail) Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Macro help please I need help creating a report that includes the following. Step report with the tool report including the information from the "Edit process Step" Description, Step Notes, Tool Notes and finally the User Desc: Ideally I would like the information organized in the following way. Step 10 ....... (step report) Tool 100...... (tool report) Description..... (from edit process step) Step Notes.....(from edit process step) Tool notes.....(from edit process step) User Desc:....(from edit process step) Step 20 .......(from edit process step) Tool 200......(step report) Description.....(step report) Step Notes.....(from edit process step) Tool notes.....(from edit process step) User Desc:....(from edit process step) And so on Any ideas or pointers would be apreciaded. Regards, Gary ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
