Refresh Level Manager

[PMDc]

Is there a way to refresh the level manager from a C# NETHook?

 

Am I overlooking it in the NETHook2_0.dll?

 

Thanks,

-Pat

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Is there a way to refresh the level manager from a C# NETHook?

 

 

Could you be a bit more specific as to what you're trying to do?

 

You can manipulate the level data with a NETHook and the

Level Manager will display the "state" of the Level data.

 

You don't really tell the Level Manager to... "update your data display now"

[PMDc]

I wrote a C# NETHook that names levels per a company standard then moves Solids to one level, Surfaces to another, etc. This is needed because they receive 10 to 300 Catia single part files (imported using MoldPlus' translator) that need material size set before being programmed for production.

 

If the user has the level manager open when they start the NETHook, the Level Manager state does not update during or after the app closes. It displays the same state as before, however if you close it and reopen or right-click and refresh the list it shows the changes made.

 

One other thing that may be related is the user must Regenerate Display List for the graphics display to be correct as well.

 

Thanks for the help.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

You're running NETHook2? 

​What version of Mastercam are you running? 

 

I see that there is no way to tell the (modeless) Level Manager to "update your data display now" when it's up.

Currently you need to close/re-open the Level Manager dialog to get it to refresh the display of the new state of the level data that's been changed "behind its back".

I've logged a Defect for this issue in the NETHook API.

 

*Please email me, as I'd like to help you out here ->  SDK <at> mastercam <dot> com

Edited July 17, 2014 by Roger Martin from CNC Software

[PMDc]

I'm running X7. I started with NETHook3 in VS Express 2013 but I must have something hosed there because my Form wouldn't come up at all. I switched to VS Express 2012 and NETHook2 and it worked. I need to switch to 3 in 2012 to see if there is a problem there. Shouldn't be.

 

I threw this together really fast to get my customer some help with all the files they're processing and it will help them but I need to clean up the ugly code I have.

 

The refresh issues are not a big deal for them right now since the app is saving so much time per file plus they don't leave their level manager open anyway so it's a low priority, more of an OCD issue for me I guess. 

 

Thanks again for all the help Roger! Glad you logged this to be fixed, I've had a couple other people tell me their frustrations with them leaving the manager open while opening a new file and it displaying the previous file's levels until they close and reopen the manager or refresh it from the RMB menu.

[rocheey1]

should also mention using umnanaged API for listview controls would be possible in X7, but its pretty much guaranteed to break on X8   :/

[PMDc]

Roger,

 

I am having the same Level Manager refresh issue with 2017 and the Levels.MastercamInterop.RefreshLevelsManager() you set me up with is not recognized.

 

Can you help me?

 

Thanks,

-Pat

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

Roger,

 

I am having the same Level Manager refresh issue with 2017 and the Levels.MastercamInterop.RefreshLevelsManager() you set me up with is not recognized.

 

Can you help me?

 

Thanks,

-Pat

 

I away from my desk right now but I believe there is now a refresh or update method in the LevelsManager, taker a look in the object browser for the exact name.

[PMDc]

I see it now.

 

Thanks Mick!