Equivalent FILE/ NEW

[ksoufi]

We don't have a President in Canada so we haven't a "President day"

 

My Q : is there a function (in the API) equivalent to do : FILE--> NEW in the interactive mode?

 

[ 02-20-2003, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: ksoufi ]

[Bullines]

You mean like dbinit() in m_db.h?

[ksoufi]

Hi Bullines

In fact I'm searching to use an equivalent to FILE/NEW because I h've a problem described below:

 

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dbinit();

Call_to_Function_1(); // open a file, generate some operations, post to a NC file 1,save file1.MC8 file

toolpath_init (TRUE, TRUE, &succf) OR dbinit();

Call_to_Function_2();// open a file, generate some operations, post to a NC file 2,save file2.MC8 file

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The problem is that when I open the second MC8 file to check, i find all operations (generated by the 1st Call_to_Function_1() and those generated by the 2d Call_to_Function_2()).It seems that operations haven't been deleeted. I'm testing the OpMgr between the two calls and it's empty!

 

I don't know why the second MC8 file contains operations generated after initializing the OpMgr?

[Bullines]

Are you testing toolpath_init() to be certain that it's returning TRUE? Perhaps:

 

code:

---

dbinit();

Call_to_Function_1();

toolpath_init (TRUE, TRUE, &succf);

 

if (succf)

{

dbinit();

Call_to_Function_2();

}

---

Sprinkle some calls to OpMgr() for testing purposes. If the test fails, maybe there's another function we should be using or you've stumbled upon a bug.

[ksoufi]

Of course I'm writting :

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// Purpose: delete all operations and/or tools

toolpath_init (TRUE, TRUE, &succf);

if (!succf)

{

cleartextall();

mprintf ("imposible to delete operationsn");

wait_for_space();

return;

}

OpMgr();

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and everything runs fine, the OpMgr is really empty between the two calls but the second file contain all operations!!!!

 

[ 02-19-2003, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: ksoufi ]

[ksoufi]

any idea please about this problem, it's a bug in my code or ...

[ProductDevelopmentGuy]

KSoufi,

One thing you can do is call the following:

 

execute_func("initscrn");

 

instead of calling dbinit(). There is additional work done inside File/New beyond what is done in dbinit()

 

NOTE: The execute_func() call gives you access to a multitude of Mastercam functions. See the MILL (or LATHE or WIRE, etc) .TXT file starting at line 9000 to see the character strings that map to certain function calls.

 

PDG

[ksoufi]

Impossible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also using

execute_func("initscrn");

 

I obtain the same thing :

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Call_to_Function_1(); // open a DWG file, generate some operations,save file_1.MC8, post to a NC file_1

 

OpMgr(); // contain 8 operations

execute_func("initscrn");

OpMgr(); // contain 0 operations : blank

 

Call_to_Function_2();// open a file, generate 7 operations, post to a NC file_2,save file_2.MC8,

 

OpMgr(); // contain total operations : 15

 

 

Every treatment (file 1 & 2) was tested, there's no problem.

 

But why even using execute_func("initscrn"); operations still in memory and at the same time the OpMgr is blank between the two treatments

What's that I'm

[ksoufi]

Finally, it works , no more problem

it was a stupid "static" variable placed in a function that I did not touch since a long time

 

thanks for every one for help