visual studio VS2019 (all versions) C# and VB NET-Hook Project Template

[Mick George]

Visual Studio 2019 project templates for Mastercam NET-Hooks are now available for C# and VB.NET

Installation:

From Visual Studio select Extensions->Online->Search->Mastercam

Restart Visual Studio.

 

Usage:

Start Visual Studio 2019, from the Create new project dialog type Mastercam in the search field leaving all other filters off to show the templates. A later update  will add tags to the templates for easier selection but right now they are not implemented. Once selected the template will show in your project type MRU

 

Default Project:

A default WinForms project is created with documentation on how to get up and running debugging a NET-Hook with Mastercam. The project includes some sample code.

 

If you prefer a WPF project, delete the MainView and add a new WPF User Control, rename the Control type to Window. Replace the code in the Main.cs Run method with the following code assuming you have named your Window MainView.

            // WPF
            var view = new MainView();

            // Get the handle to the non-WPF owner window
            var ownerWindowHandle = Mastercam.Support.UI.MastercamWindow.GetHandle().Handle;

            // Set the owned WPF window’s Owner property with the non-WPF owner window

            var helper = new System.Windows.Interop.WindowInteropHelper(view) { Owner = ownerWindowHandle };
            view.Show();

 

 

Edited May 2, 2019 by Mick George
added project image