File properties? just looking for file stats somewhere...

[goooose]

I might create a second post in the chook section because this might be more relevant there...but anyways...

 

Im looking to be able to pull some simple stats from a mastercam file. Such as original creation date, user name that created it etc. I know if i look at the file I have on my machine windows will tell me when I created it, but if someone sends me a file I want to know when that was originally created...not the copy on my hard drive. I think Ive also read in the chook forum that you can access the times at which all entities where created as well..? I would find this usefull as well. 

 

If i dont get any hits I will repost in chook forum.

 

Thanks guys

[The Cathedral]

If you select "Properties..." from the 'file' tab you can see the original date created.

[goooose]

The 'properties' does not seem to carry and real history with it. eg if I create and save a file at 1:00pm and then do a 'save as' at 1:02 there will be no history of the original 1:00 file creation.

 

I will try the software guys in the chook seciton.

[The Cathedral]

The 'properties' does not seem to carry and real history with it. eg if I create and save a file at 1:00pm and then do a 'save as' at 1:02 there will be no history of the original 1:00 file creation.

 

I will try the software guys in the chook seciton.

 

That's odd. Mine keeps history to the date of creation, even after a year.

[The Cathedral]

Oh I see the problem. I have access to the original files, and that's what keeps the original date. If you create a copy, the original date becomes the date the copy was made. So that doesn't help you.

 

I think you're right--you might have to ask for advice from the c-hook/ vb script guys.

[The Cathedral]

Ah ha, here we go: If you select an entity and do Analyze > Database, it will tell you when that entity was created. Even in a freshly made copy, it retains that information. It will also go back multiple generations of mastercam.

 

Granted, this is entity based, and not the creation of the whole file, but it's something.

[goooose]

Ah ha, here we go: If you select an entity and do Analyze > Database, it will tell you when that entity was created. Even in a freshly made copy, it retains that information. It will also go back multiple generations of mastercam.

 

Granted, this is entity based, and not the creation of the whole file, but it's something.

 

That's perfect right there!

 

Thank you very much.