can some1 tell me the URL of other above-mentioned mastercam forums?

that works fine for lines...for arcs, i've derived a formula also, but it only gives me the slope, and not a slope vector (i.e., where the direction of the slope matters)...

is there any quick way to find a slope vector of lines and arcs in chook programming?

is there a chook function that I can use to return something like a tangent to a curve at a specific point? I will have an arc spcified by XxYyIiJj, and will need to be creating tangents at either ends of this arc. any ideas? thanks!

Nope, these are the only "errors" that I am getting... O, just wondering if there is a way to have mastercam load my chook dll upon startup instead of making me press CTL+C? Also, is it possible to speed up the process of debugging in MasterCAM? I mean, everytime I debug it starts a new MasterCAM window, and that takes forever!

yup...I have WIN32,_WINDOWS,_WINDLL,_AFXDLL,_MBCS,_USRDLL,_MSVC_,MSWINDOWS as my preprocessor definitions, /nologo /Zp1 /MD /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /I "C:chook dev kit" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_WINDLL" /D "_AFXDLL" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "_MSVC_" /D "MSWINDOWS" /Fp"Debug/ExtendPaths.pch" /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fo"Debug/" /Fd"Debug/" /FD /GZ /c in project options are these correct?

but this is a brand new project...

Hi, I am a newbie trying to use VC++ 6 to develop a chook...debug, I get a ton of dll errors: Loaded 'C:Mcam9Mill9.exe', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTSystem32ntdll.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32OPENGL32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32msvcrt.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32KERNEL32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32ADVAPI32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32USER32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32GDI32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32RPCRT4.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32GLU32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32DCIMAN32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:Mcam9Sncapi.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WINSPOOL.DRV', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32SHELL32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32COMCTL32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll smodapi.dll base 10000000 relocated due to collision with C:Mcam9SNCAPI.dll Loaded 'C:Mcam9Smodapi.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32MFC42.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32MSVCP60.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll CSH.dll base 10000000 relocated due to collision with C:Mcam9SNCAPI.dll Loaded 'C:Mcam9Csh.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32COMDLG32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32version.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32lz32.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:Mcam9pskernel.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32OLE32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32OLEAUT32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll mc9rs.dll base 10000000 relocated due to collision with C:Mcam9SNCAPI.dll Loaded 'C:Mcam9MC9RS.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32riched32.dll', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll MCBITMAP.OCX base 10000000 relocated due to collision with C:Mcam9SNCAPI.dll Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32MCBITMAP.OCX', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32OLEPRO32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32MCD32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32msidle.dll', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll INVIN.DLL base 10000000 relocated due to collision with C:Mcam9SNCAPI.dll Loaded 'C:Mcam9AppsINVIN.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32NTSHRUI.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. LDR: Automatic DLL Relocation in Mill9.exe LDR: Dll NETAPI32.dll base 78000000 relocated due to collision with C:WINNTsystem32MSVCRT.dll Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32NETAPI32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32netrap.dll', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32SAMLIB.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WSOCK32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WS2_32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WS2HELP.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WLDAP32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32RPCLTC1.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. any idea why these are popping up? Thx

okay cool thanks...but although I still can't get it to work argh! : )

but after i build the dll, does it matter where i put the .ico? in my external dependencies i only have m_*.h files and basetsd.h

where should the .ico files be located? right now I have a my C++ project in C:chook dev kitshapes and the shapes.dll, *.ico and shapes.txt are located there...i tried moving all the files to C:mill9chook but it still doesn't work... all your help is greatly appreciated!

please pardon my ignorance, but where do i check external dependencies? and how do i do the DoModal()? Thanks!

yes, m_create is declared public... I don' have a clue why it's trying to load winsock, I didn't add any references other than those indicatd in the manual..where can I check these references? Another problem i am having is that the icons are no loading in the listbox..the words are there, but no icons...could the problems be related? Thanks! [ 05-10-2002, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: Duckman ]

when i go into debug, before I load the chook from mastercam, i get error: symbol "m_create" not found in the debug window... but when i look at my member variables in the class wizard, there is a m_create for the combobox... also, in the debug window, there are a whole bunch of Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WSOCK32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WS2_32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WS2HELP.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. Loaded 'C:WINNTsystem32WLDAP32.DLL', no matching symbolic information found. [ 05-10-2002, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: Duckman ]

BOOL Cshapedlg::OnInitDialog() { m_create.InsertString(0,"1 Point"); enable_controls(); return TRUE; } i've commented everything else out for testing purposes everything is just copy and pasted from the documentation

I have double check all the environment variables and they are correct...thanks for you help!

I am using version 9!

yes, i believe so...even though i have no idea what these options are : )

O man, more problems...I cannot get the combobox to populate... I've even changed it to be statically set m_create.AddString("1 Point"); but it is still empty when the dialog box appears. Please help : ) Thx!

Hi, I am playing around iwth the shapes.dll chook, and trying to learn how to program chooks...two problems: 1. The icons do not appear in my dialog (where should the .ico files be located? or what path information do i need to set?) 2. How do I debug my dlls? from visual studio? THanks!

The first part consists of reading a CNC file, and then adding lines to it according to a set of rules

yes, i have this manual, but it is kinda cheesy, and with my limited background, it is almost impossible to understand...any further help with actual implementation would be greatly appreciated

I need to create a chook that will take a CNC file as input, and modify it following a set of rules. I am a newbie, so can anyone help me get started or point me to manuals/documentation? Thanks, Simon BTW, i am using MasterCAM 9, and Visual C++...should I be using a different program to create the chook to make life easier?