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Project Parameters - Delete All

barr.jarryd — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:42:24 GMT

Hey folks,

I'm trying to build a macro that will completely wipe the project parameters(user defined settings), and I cannot seem to get a list or foreach loop to detect the parameters.

This is what I have so far but I keep getting an error that it cannot be evaluated.

FOREACH par IN FOLDER($Project._keys) { EDIT USERPAR project SELECT $par DELETE USERPAR project SELECTED }

Many thanks for anyone that may have some insight into this matter.

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

Sean571 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:13:41 GMT

You need to remove the folder() and then also put the command in a DOCOMMAND. It's annoying but it's the only way to get variables to work in this case

FOREACH par IN $project._keys { string $cmd = "EDIT USERPAR project SELECT '" + $par + "'" DOCOMMAND $cmd DELETE USERPAR project SELECTED }

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

Sean571 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:15:35 GMT

Shoot. This worked except it tries to delete more than what we want. Give me a sec and I'll come up with a solution

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

barr.jarryd — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:27:48 GMT

I got as far as doing this,

But $parameterName keeps giving me an error

FUNCTION Main() { INT parameterCount = 0 STRING parameterName = "" bool check = 1 DIALOGS ERROR OFF WHILE $check == 1 { $parameterName = $project._keys[$parameterCount] EDIT USERPAR project SELECT $parameterName DELETE USERPAR project SELECTED $parameterCount = $parameterCount + 1 $check = entity_exists($project._keys[$parameterCount]) } MESSAGE INFO "All parameters deleted" DIALOGS ERROR ON MACRO ABORT ALL }

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

Sean571 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:35:24 GMT

So there is actually a form that can lists all the project variables, and there are a few that we never want to delete. If you type in FORM PROJECTVARS in the command window you will see this dialog:

So it's not pretty but this works:

string list defaultProjectVars = {"A360", "Customer", "FusionProductionJob", "HoleTagCatalog", "Notes", "OrderNumber", "PartName", "Programmer", "ProjectHistory", "TextBlocks", "ThicknessSets", "Tolerances"} FOREACH par IN $project._keys { If NOT member(defaultProjectVars, par) { string $cmd = "EDIT USERPAR project SELECT '" + $par + "'" DOCOMMAND $cmd DELETE USERPAR project SELECTED } }

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

barr.jarryd — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:41:45 GMT

That worked awesome thank you!

I ended up with this by the end but yours is much better.

RESET LOCALVARS INT parameterCount = 0 STRING parameterName = "" STRING parameterCheck = "" STRING cmd = "" bool check = 0 DIALOGS ERROR OFF WHILE $check == 0 { $parameterName = $project._keys[$parameterCount] $cmd = "EDIT USERPAR project SELECT " + "'" + $parameterName + "'" DOCOMMAND $cmd DELETE USERPAR project SELECTED $parameterCount = $parameterCount + 1 $parameterCheck = "$" + "project." + $parameterName $check = ERROR $parameterCheck } MESSAGE INFO "All parameters deleted" DIALOGS ERROR ON MACRO ABORT ALL

Re: Project Parameters - Delete All

danmic7JH66 — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:07:41 GMT

I've been looking for a solution myself to this exact problem. Thanks for sharing.