That was what I feared. Thanks for the response Roger.

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So I can create the operations I need then save the file with a .OPERATIONS-5 extention. That is what I need. Thank you. This helps

When creating an EngraveTool in my C# nethook is there a way to programaticly define the tools taper angle? I don't see a property for it. I'm using Mastercam X5.

Hey all, I am new to programming nethooks. Can I create a .opertions-5 file with a nethook. I want to create some operations with thier parameters and then save them to an operations-5 file so I can use the file with the automatic toolpathing nethook. Can someone (ie Roger) give me an example. Thanks

That worked awsome. Thanks for your help I got what I needed.

It is mastercams ATP nethook that I want to call then when its finished I want to do some moving around and cleanup of some files. I only have the DLLs for the ATP nethook. Can I use the DLLs to gain access to it. Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm new to programming with C#.

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Hey All, Is it possible to call another nethook from within the nethook I am writing, then wait for the one I call to finish, then proceed with mine?

Thank you K2 your suggestion worked like so: stool_num_to_string slast_digit_of_tool_num stoolnum pprep #prepare tool stool_num_to_string = no2str(t$) slast_digit_of_tool_num = brksps (3, stool_num_to_string) stoolnum = "T" + slast_digit_of_tool_num I know, I have excessively long variable names but it works. WooHoo!!

Thanks K2 I'll take a look at that and see if I can work something out. Your right rocheey1 the VB function is Right. I must have had my head screwed on backwards yesterday Thanks guys. Any other suggestions?

I am setting up automatic toolpathing for a number of different things and in order to get my tools to run in the order I want them to run in I have to number them like so: #907, 801, 601, 508, etc. The higher numbered tools run first on down to the lower numbered tools. The last digit of the three digit number is my actual tool number so I need to change the post to drop the first two digits. I was wondering if there is a function that I can do that is similar to VBs Left function, ie: "toolnum = left(t$,1)". Any help would be greatly appreciated.