topic Re: nc program output folder macro variable in PowerMill Forum

nc program output folder macro variable

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:43:26 GMT

Does anyone know the variable that would call out the current output folder under NC preferences?

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

rafael.sansao — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:40:35 GMT

STRING $nc_output = $widget('NCPreferences.Shell.MachinePref.Frame1.Folder').value
PRINT $nc_output

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:55:44 GMT

I'm trying to do this..

STRING $nc_output =
$widget('NCPreferences.Shell.MachinePref.Frame1.Folder').value PRINT
$nc_output
SETUPSHEETS FILE "$nc_output/{project}/{project}.html"

where my setup sheets would actually be created in the same directory
wheregrams to.

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

rafael.sansao — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:04:36 GMT

STRING $nc_output = $widget('NCPreferences.Shell.MachinePref.Frame1.Folder').value + '/{project}/{project}.html'
SETUPSHEETS FILE $nc_output

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:08:00 GMT

Perfect again. Thank you again sir.

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:13:50 GMT

When I try to insert this line at the beginning to reset the file and delete the existing folder it does not work.

STRING $Reset = $widget('NCPreferences.Shell.MachinePref.Frame1.Folder').value + '/{project}'
DELETE DIRECTORY $Reset

Am i missing something?

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

rafael.sansao — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:34:29 GMT

If you use the dedduger macro, it's easy to verify that the variable path is correct:

STRING $Reset = $widget('NCPreferences.Shell.MachinePref.Frame1.Folder').value + '/' + project_pathname(1)
DELETE DIRECTORY $Reset

Re: nc program output folder macro variable

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:30:01 GMT

thank you...hopefully last time that I bother you, much appreciated.