open last file

[specprogrammer]

Is there a way to have the last file I was working on open when I start up MC?

[Murray Mold]

Not that I know of but after you open MC, go to file and it keeps a list of 20 previous files and the last one will be on top.

[Mjölnir]

Yep. Starting Mastercam and doing the following keystroke sequence is the quickest way to open the last file:

 

Alt -> f -> 1 -> Enter

[Hardmill]

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Starting Mastercam and doing the following keystroke sequence is the quickest way to open the last file:

 

Alt -> f -> 1 -> Enter

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Cant this be done with a VB-script ??

I cant say since im retarded in that arena

But it certainly sounds doable.

 

 

PEACE

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

I made a .vbs for you.

 

http://ai-sols.sytes.net/dev/LastFile.vbs

 

Make a shortcut

c:McamX3mastercam.exe vbLastFile.vbs

[Mjölnir]

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Cant this be done with a VB-script ??

I cant say since im retarded in that arena

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I'm just as much if not even more retarded with VB scripting. I do some Bourne (sh and bash) and C Shell (csh) scripting on UNIX systems as well as some Perl script hacking on same, but know eff all about VB script. I also have a shiny new iMac at home and intend on dabbling in Apple scripting sometime in the near future, between Cimatron tutorials.

 

If it takes more than 500 milliseconds to run a VB script after launching Mastercam the 'Alt f 1 Enter' key sequence is still faster.

 

Or can Mastercam be configulated to launch VB scripts when launched?

 

Please be gentle, ignorance really is bliss!

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

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Or can Mastercam be configulated to launch VB scripts when launched?

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Just like Takashi said ->

 

Make a shortcut (with this 'Target')

c:McamX3mastercam.exe vbLastFile.vbs

[Mjölnir]

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Make a shortcut (with this 'Target')

c:McamX3mastercam.exe vbLastFile.vbs

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Heh. A blonde moment and I'm not even blonde. Musta' inherited it from my wife!

 

Is there a limit on the length of the command line?

 

I keep my Mastercam config files under my home directory in 'documents and settings' which works dandy with roaming profiles on Windows networks. Disadvantage is the path name is quite long when calling the main config file on the command line.

[specprogrammer]

Thanks!