How to get machine groups info with nethook?

[Ed Osgood]

How do you find out which machine/toolpath group is selected? How do you know which group is connected to which machine group?

 

To get group names I've tried.

I = Mastercam.Groups.GetGroupCount

Dim Groupnames(I) As String

Dim GroupNumber(I) As Int32

J = 0

K = 0

'Some group number maybe nothing as group was deleted. So loop through until you get as many group names a group.count

Do

J += 1

Tstr = Mastercam.Groups.GetGroupNameFromNumber(J)

If Tstr <> "" Then

'Got a real name, keep it

K += 1

Groupnames(K) = Tstr

GroupNumber(K) = J

End If

Loop Until (I = K)

 

this doens't tell me which group is selected or belown to which machine group. Help!

[Pogo]

Hello Ed,

Did you try

 

COperationRef myOperation = new Mastercam.COperationRef();

int gn = myOperation.groupNumber;

bool sel = myOperation.isSelected ?

 

Hope this helps

[Ed Osgood]

Thanks Pogo.

That helps.

 

How do you find out how many operations there are?

So I can loop through all the operation.

 

Have you ever used class _Group_List

What would you use to assign group info to a

_Group_List type variable?

 

Thanks again.

[hlg2]

Dim opcount As Integer

opcount = Mastercam.Toolpath.GetOperationCount

UserUI.txttnum.Text = opcount.ToString

 

 

Here's a little snipplet that seems to work in wanting to know how many operations there are.

 

I dont know how to determine which machine group its counting from.

 

And I dont know how to reference any of the existing operations. which is crazy. they really need some better documentation on this stuff, oh well.

 

hope that helps

[hlg2]

does anyone passing by know how to reference an existing operation using NETHOOK

 

I see that they have a coperation class thing

but aint gotsa a clue how to set it to an operation.

 

??????????????

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

I think I may have answered this in your other post.