'millToolExists' parameter format

[rocheey1]

Ive been trying this and cant seem to get it to work.

 

Am I correct in assuming that the "String, (Input: tool library name)" is the name of the Tool Library file,

without path, sitting in the default Tool Directory?

 

if so, the following should work ...

ShowString millToolExists("MILL_INCH.TOOLS-5", 0, 0, 0, mctool_flat)

 

But it shows False. MILL_INCH.TOOLS-5 is a default library, sitting in the default location. Ive also tried it with

and without filename extensions, with and without Path info, and even sending a literal '1' instead of 'mctool_flat'

 

What am I doing wrong here ?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

I would not assume that you do not need to supply the path to the file being interrogated.

You do. I did so and was still not getting a positive result.

Upon further investigation into this, I discovered that these "exist" functions are broken and will never return true.

* MillToolExists

* DrillToolExists

 

And these somewhat related 'tool' functions are also broken ->

* GetMillToolPtr

* GetDrillToolPtr

 

All have been logged under issue #00103081

[rocheey1]

I discovered that these "exist" functions are broken and will never return true.

 

But if they get fixed, they will EVENTUALLY return TRUE

 

D*mn. I had hoped those calls would allow me to 'end run' around the missing Tool Params in the .NET API

(Drill point angle, Threads, etc) ... looks like Im back to learning C++ .....