Get level from secting entity.

[Chad 73]

Hello, I'll start by saying i am new to C++ Waiting for a fall Class). Ive been slowly learning, actually made a few small programs so far. I've dove into a larger project and need a push. I'm trying to create a hook that will associate a name and thickness(from a dialog box) prompt the user to select a piece of geometry (from which i can get a level from) and create a WCS for. All this inforation will be collected and kept in the hook and the user can turn on and off diferent related selections from it. I'm currently a little stuck on the prompt for geometry right know. I am looking at using select_ent then i saw something about GetLevelNumber somewhere.

 

1)Does this sound like a good direction to head in? Or is there something better?

 

1a)Am I supposed to use restore_mcam_afx_state and restore_chook_afx_state around select_ent? If i am how do i fix : undeclared identifier

 

2)I guess i need to make my hook modeless. I read about the m_open m_close m_enter but not sure where they go. m_open replces m_main the rest i'm not sure.

 

Sorry but my Codeing skills are rather Embarassing. I am using MSVC6.0 Mastercam V9

[bryan314]

select_ent will allow your user to select an entity. which you can then get the level information from. The other function probably prompts the user to select a level from the level manager.

 

2) just rename m_main to m_open. It's called the first time the chook is run. m_enter is called every time the chook is called after that. m_close is called when mastercam exits.

 

When I use them my code is structured sorta like this:

m_open -> initialization stuff; ie allocate memory. Call main chook code.

m_enter -> call main chook code.

m_close -> clean up. ie release memory

 

bryan

[Chad 73]

O.K. i'm missing something, My hook starts with a dialog box I careated then the user presses a button which prompts for another dialog box I made then enters data there. After OK to that box it closes and I want to prompt the user to select_ent, how do I lose focus on the original dialog to give focus to mastercam? I'm in way over my head but trying to breate through a small straw.

 

Thanx for any advice!

[rm_titus]

Hi Chad,

 

Did you try to minimize the original dialog while the user is selecting entities ?

 

--Titus