Cnc.Tool.Interop.TlToolFunctions removed in MCam2021

[sapin]

Hi.

I notice the class Cnc.Tool.Interop.TlToolFunctions was removed in Mastercam 2021 version.

In a previous topic, Roger Martin send me a code sample using this class.

 

/// <returns> The profile is here is one, else null. </returns>
private TlProfile GetProfile(int toolNumber)
{
    var ts = TlToolFunctions.GetToolSystem();

Any advice to replace this "TlToolFunctions.GetToolSystem();" with mcam 2021 ?

Thanks !

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

NET-Hook API Docs

On the "Welcome to the Mastercam NET-Hook API" page you will see a link to the ToolNetAPI docs.
Check the "Version History" page of the ToolNetApi docs.

        public TlToolMill GetMillingTool(Operation operation)
        {
            // Prior to Mastercam 2021 ->
            //var toolSystem = TlToolFunctions.GetToolSystem();
 
            // In Mastercam 2021 the 'TlToolFunctions' has been replaced with 'TlServices'
            // and now you can retrieve the 'tool systems' or
            // create 'factories' using the methods exposed in this service.
            var toolSystem = TlServices.GetIToolSystem();
            var toolAssembly = new TlAssembly();
            toolSystem.Find(operation.OperationTool.Slot, ref toolAssembly); 
            return toolAssembly.GetMillTool();
        }

 

[Guest]

This breaks the backward compatibility for toolnet api stuff tho, one of the things I like about Nethooks is that they work across many versions, I was wondering if there was a way around that, lets say I compiled two static libraries with c++/cli each with the equivalent function for 2020 and 2021, then checked the version of mastercam and based on that decided which function to call.

Sounds like it would work. Hmmmmmmm.