API to extract Filepath and Filename in C#

[GGB.BHB]

Hi

I have tried to use the API guide to put together some C# code to call the file path and name of the active model.  Unfortunately I cannot get it to work 😞 

Please can you show me how it should be done?

Many thanks

[Rafal.Gaweda]

Hi @GGB.BHB 

Once I made it this way:

            string FN = Robot.robApp.Project.FileName;
            string Dir = FN.Substring(0, FN.LastIndexOf("\\"));
            string FileName = FN.Substring(FN.LastIndexOf("\\")+1);

[GGB.BHB]

Thank you.  This is what I tried with what you sent through.  It seems to almost be there but I don't know how to assign IRobotProject ROBOT to the current open instance of robot!  How do I do that?

Many thanks

public static void GetROBOTfilename(RobotApplication robot, out string filename)

{

filename = "BLANK";

IRobotProject ROBOT;

string FN = ROBOT.FileName;

string ModelFilePath = FN.Substring(0, FN.LastIndexOf("\\"));

filename = FN.Substring(FN.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

}

[Rafal.Gaweda]

Hi @GGB.BHB 

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 I don't know how to assign IRobotProject ROBOT to the current open instance of robot!  How do I do that?

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API interface is automatically linked with only one robot (no matter how many robots is running) = the last one opened. You can not change it.

You can load the project by API.

[GGB.BHB]

Hi Rafal

Thank you for explaining that.  Have now got the code to run up to a point but it doesn't appear to get the name of the file.  The 'RobotOM,IRobotProject.FileName.get returned =null' although it seems to have got the Project and the RobotApplication - See highlighted red box in screen shot attached

Any suggestions?

Many thanks

[Rafal.Gaweda]

Hi @GGB.BHB 

Check how many Robots is running...

            if (Process.GetProcessesByName("Robot").Length > 1)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("More than 1 Robot is running");
            }

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process.getprocesses?view=netframewor...

[GGB.BHB · Accepted solution]

Hi Rafal

That seems to have sorted it

The code now looks like this and it works!

Thank you

public static void GetROBOTfilename(RobotApplication robot, out string ModelFilePath, out string ModelFileName)

{

if (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("Robot").Length > 1)

{ Console.WriteLine("More than one instance of Robot is running. CLOSE AND RESTART"); }

else { Console.WriteLine("Single instance of Robot is running"); }

string FN = robot.Project.FileName;

ModelFilePath = FN.Substring(0, FN.LastIndexOf("\\"));

ModelFileName = FN.Substring(FN.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

}