Getting aCustom Tool Profile from a Nethook

[CaKiwi]

I have a MasterCAM part file which uses custom tool profiles. In my NetHook, how do I determine that a tool uses a custom profile, how do I find the name of the file containing the custom profile and how do I extract the profile from the file.

 

Thanks in advance

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

There is not a way to do what you're asking in the NETHook.

It would be possible create a CHook type DLL that could gather the 'custom tool' file name(s) and the NETHook could call into the DLL (using P/Invoke) to retrieve that data.

 

Example: The Zip2Go utility

The front-end is a NETHook, but to generate some of the reports that Zip2Go creates requires digging deeper than you can with a NETHook.

Note in the CHooksZip2Go folder the Z2GData.dll which is a "worker" CHook DLL that the Zip2Go.DLL (NETHook) calls into to get the desired data.

* And one of those pieces of data just happens to the the filenames of any custom tools referenced in the operations

[CaKiwi]

Thanks for the reply, Roger.

 

Do you have any example source code on how to do this?. Is the source of Zip2Go available?

 

Thanks again.

 

Ian Donaldson

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Ian,

 

Is the source of Zip2Go available? => NO

 

Do you have any example source code on how to do this?.

=> I can put one together, that shows how to scan thru all of the operations in the Op. Mgr. and creates a list of all the 'custom tool' references.

This will be a NETHook/CHook (2 DLLs) solution.

 

Mail me (sdk at mastercam.com) with an address that can accept a ZIP file attachment and when I have something I'll send it over.

 

What information this sample will supply to you is a list of the 'custom tools' that you can loop thru from your NETHook code.

 

A 'custom tool' can be either;

1: On a Level in the current MCX part file.

2: A pathname that points the the custom tool shape in an external MCX file.

 

Do you also have need to know the 'id' of which operation(s) reference a custom tool?

[Jaouad]

Hi,

 

I am looking for some help to implement CHook-SDK and to start building new project on Visual Studio with CHook-SDK.

 

I have a nice background on C/C++ programming.

 

Can someone help me?

 

Thank you

 

Jaouad

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

If you create a new (MFC) Project in VS2008 you should see the CHookWizard which will build you a "starting point" project.