Adding windows login name to post??

[RandleXX]

I would like to add a login name to the post so I can tell who actually posted the code.

 

Is this easily possible?

 

I have set up a user entered question (fq) in the post , but most the time the user just leaves this blank, so I would like to make it so the users login name (from windows) would be in the post.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

Randle

[Lars Christensen]

Hmm....... .....

 

You could do it with a number code.....I think

 

fq = question

 

if question <> 1234<=code

[

pbld, n, "You freaking @$^@, you forgot to input user name", e$

pbld, n, "M30", e$

]

[RandleXX]

Thanks,

That would work to remind the programmer to input his name, but I would like the windows login name to automatically appear in the post as the programmer, so one programmer could not type in the name of another.

[Jim Evans from CNC Software]

There is nothing in the MP language that will give you that type of information.

 

You could write a utility that queried the login ID, wrote it out to a TXT file and then in your post open the TXT file as a buffer and read it in.

 

Just a thought.

 

I'll definitely add a enhancement request for MP to see if there is something that we can do behind the scenes and store it off in a predefined variable.

[RandleXX]

Thanks Jim,

 

Is there a list of predefined varibles? I rememeber seeing one a while back, but I have been away from mastercam for a couple years.

 

I was thinking, if the SIM# is a defined varible, I could use that.

[RandleXX]

Found it!!

 

Thanks...

[Dave Ball]

set your post up with the exitpost command if a valid name/id is not entered. Give each programmer a unique id number and attach that number to their name, then when they enter their id you see their name and no id entered just exits and they can't post code. Its a hard handed approach but as long as they dont share their id number it will get what you want.

[NOTW Programmer]

Dave can you give an example of what the Code would look like for this to be implemented?

 

RandleXX can you share where you got the list of predefined variables? and what U did to fix this up...! Im interested about the SIM can anyone explain ? Thx!

[Dave Ball]

code:

---

 if id_num < 1 | id_num > 12,     #----This checks for a valid user ID number, 1 through 12 ONLY

[

result = mprint(id_num,1)

spaces$ = 0

*e$

scomm_str, id_num, scomm_end, e$

spaces$ = sav_spc

exitpost$

]

---

This should get you started

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

Here is the variable for sim#

 

code:

---

sim_no$  

---

So you could make a string like the month string but use names:

 

code:

---

# Select month

smon00 ""

smon01 "JAN"

smon02 "FEB"

smon03 "MAR"

smon04 "APR"

smon05 "MAY"

smon06 "JUN"

smon07 "JUL"

smon08 "AUG"

smon09 "SEP"

smon10 "OCT"

smon11 "NOV"

smon12 "DEC"

smonth

 

fstrsel smon00 month$ smonth 13 -1

---

Change it to something like so:

code:

---

sname00 "UNKNOWN SIM"

sname01 "MIKE"

sname02 "MIKE"

sname03 "MIKE"

sname04 "MIKE"

sname05 "MIKE"

snamesim

 

fstrsel sname00 namesim snamesim 6 -1

---

This example is using 6 names.

 

Ok now what well you have to make a look up method to take the sim# and then compare it to then make that become a way to set the number for the string variable to then go back to:

 

code:

---

psname_sim

if sim_no$ = 374584, snamesim = 1

if sim_no$ = 534543, snamesim = 2

if sim_no$ = 233423, snamesim = 3

is sim_no$ < 233423, snamesim = 0

---

So you will have to write the logic to cover anything above or below you highest and lowest sim number to equal zero to then output UNKNOWN SIM when posted.

 

Then in the header section lime mine you just use the psname_sim.

 

Like so:

code:

---

pheader_upr

#"%", e

#!spaces$

spaces$ = 0

#*progno$, " (", sprogname$,")", e$

#spaces$ = prv_spaces$

#pbld, n$, *smetric, e

"(PROGRAM NAME - ", sprogname$, ")", e$

"(CUSTOMER - ", prdbcustp, ")", e$ # Added RDB

"(PART NUMBER - ", smachgrp_name, ")", e$ # ADDED Roger Martin

"(MODEL # - ", smachgrp_name, ".CATPART)", e$ # Added RDB

"(PROGRAMMER - )", psname_sim, e$ # Added RDB

"(DATE - ", *smonth,"-",day$,"-",*year2,")", e$ #Date output as month,day,year - Ex. Feb. 12 2005

"(TIME - ",ptime,")", e$ #12 hour time output 3:52 PM

"(PROGRAM REV - ", psrev, ")", e$

spaces$ = 1

---

then when you output code it would like so:

code:

---

(PROGRAM NAME - E1025100)

(CUSTOMER - BOEING)

(PART NUMBER - 17P1C2054-5 REV C)

(MODEL # - 17P1C2054-5 REV C.CATPART)

(PROGRAMMER - MIKE)

(DATE - OCT-05-2009)

(TIME - 4:54 PM)

---

{edit)

Also if you wanted to get fancy you could put the sim number in the Programmer name just by adding sim_no$ to the line like so:

 

code:

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"(PROGRAMMER   - )", *psname_sim, *sim_no$, e$ # Added RDB  

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Also you will have to define some variable here, but like I said it should be enough to point you in the right direction or just ask when you get stuck and one of the smart guys on here can help you out.

 

HTH

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

Here is something I found on the net to get a user name on a computer:

quote:

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Windows instructions

 

1. Open a Windows Command Prompt. To open the prompt go to the Start menu > Accessories > Command Prompt

2. In the Command Prompt, type “set username” and press Enter

3. Your computer login name will be displayed after the "username=" tag.

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If you made a little VB script you could then call the VB script from the post. Then maybe you could exchange information from the VB script back to the post. Just a thought.

 

Here is a link to that method using VB:

 

Linky:

 

HTH

[Watcher]

[Ron Branch @ Verisurf]

Watcher you have mail.

 

[Lars Christensen]

Dave and Ron,

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing