I set up my Misc Values to have an entry for bubble number. (mi4$) When there is a value in there, I want to write it and other tool and operational values to the buffer file and output as txt file. I've gotten it to output farely well, but I put the pbufferfile post block I created right after psof$, ptlchg0$, ptlchg$. It doesn't put the correct operational info for the first operation and the depths are off by a count of 1. Could someone help me get on the right direction to getting this data to output correctly? This is what I have so far: size8 : 0 rc8 : 1 wc8 : 1 str8 : "" #Empty string to be input for buffer write fbuf 8 1 256 0 1 pbufferfile size8 = rbuf(8, 0) #Reading record zero initializes buffer str8 = drs_str(2, mi5$) + " | " + drs_str(2,g_wcs) + " | " drs_str(2, mi4$) + " | " + drs_str(2, t$) + " | " + strtool$ + " | " + drs_str(2, speed) + " | " + drs_str(2, feed) + " | " + drs_str(2,depth$) + " | " + snamenc$ + " | " + drs_str(2,g_wcs) + " | " + drs_str(2,zabs) + " | " + drs_str(2,zinc) + " | " + drs_str(2,depth$) + " | " + drs_str(2,tool_op$) + " | " + drs_str(2,op_id$) + " | " str8 = wbuf(8, wc8) Which gives me: OP#_100 | G0 | | T1 | 5/16 CARBIDE DRILL | S1000 | F0. | depth$ -3. | MASTERCAM DATA FOR IPIR PULL | G0 | Z0. | Z0. | depth$ -3. | tool_op$ 2. | op_id$ 1. | OP#_200 | G56 | | T2 | 1/2 CARBIDE DRILL | S7500 | F1. | depth$ -1. | MASTERCAM DATA FOR IPIR PULL | G56 | Z1. | Z-1.1 | depth$ -1. | tool_op$ 2. | op_id$ 2. | OP#_210 | G56 | | T2 | 1/2 CARBIDE DRILL | S7500 | F112.5 | depth$ -2. | MASTERCAM DATA FOR IPIR PULL | G56 | Z1. | Z-2.1 | depth$ -2. | tool_op$ 2. | op_id$ 3. | OP#_300 | G56 | | T3 | 2.2 MM DRILL | S4000 | F112.5 | depth$ -2.1 | MASTERCAM DATA FOR IPIR PULL | G56 | Z1. | Z-2.2 | depth$ -2.1 | tool_op$ 2. | op_id$ 4. |

Thank you very much for the help. That solved my problem.

I'm trying to output data into .txt file for use in our intranet system. I can pull most variables just fine, but some won't work. This is my code that works: size8 : 0 rc8 : 1 wc8 : 1 str8 : "" #empty string to be input for buffer write fbuf 8 1 256 0 0 size8 = rbuf(8,0) #reading record zero initializes buffer str8 = drs_str(2, mi4$) + " | " + drs_str(2, mi4$) + " | " + drs_str(2, Tool_var2) + " | " + drs_str(2, t$) + " | " + drs_str(2, speed) + " | " + drs_str(2, feed) + " | " str8 = wbuf(8, wc8) When I try to add drs_str(2, snamenc$) I get the error: (21 May 2015 09:47:11 AM - <2> - PST LINE (1007) - The arguments for this operator/function are not the same type (var/string)[9]) Could someone steer me towards getting the tool description to output to my buffer text file?

Thanks so much, it got us started, but we were a little confused on what the following means: drs_str(2, t$) Also, how do you get the file name to automatically be named either the mastercam file name or some other variable of our choice? We try to put a variable in where the t$ is and it doesn't work. Is that just for integers, or can we put a string or variable in there? Each tool is going to have a description. How and where do we put the logic in the post to get this to capture and add lines in the buffer file?

I have been trying to create a buffer file, but I haven't gotten it to work. The info in the MP post guide doesn't do a great job of explaining it. Do you have an example of the code to get it to work (create a text file)? In the text file, I want to output a miscellaneous integer and some other data along with the toolpath. End product is a text file that can be brought into a database to show us in our own form what toolpath parameters are for what feature on a part. The miscellaneous integer will correspond to the bubble number on the drawing. This way, we can tell what features are done with what tool, cycle, feed and speed, etc...

I would like to create two files at the same time when posting. I want the .nc and I want a .txt file. The .txt file would have different information than the .nc file.