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#1 2006-08-09 16:45:30
- RobD
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- From: Connecticut
- Registered: 2005-02-07
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Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
Hello.
I would like it very much if I could add comments to the .mch, .ctl and .tls files. This way, I could leave explanations for myself as far as why I did what I did. Notes like this are always helpful at a later point in time.
Thank You,
Robert Davie
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#2 2006-08-09 20:01:48
- DaveF
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- From: Valencia, CA
- Registered: 2005-08-20
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Re: Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss
I bought a couple of machines from CgTech
The machine builder (from earth, + humanoid ) supplied a complete document of everything I wanted to know, but was afraid to ask.
Very well done 
But,.... your idea came up.
a ER was submitted, but I guess other emergencies, took priority.
soooooooo
if anyone else likes this, pile on here.
:twisted:
Dave Frank
Aerospace Dynamics International, PCC
Valencia Ca
"Where else can you have this much fun,.......and get paid???."
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#3 2006-08-11 00:05:11
- SergeV
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- From: Irvine, CA
- Registered: 2004-10-08
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Re: Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
I know it does not address all you request, but I have seen a neet trick to keep track of changes in the control file.
in the Event > Start Of Processing, call the macro MessageMacro
In the override text, you can enter : name, date, latest changes, version, etc...
The message type is specified by the input numeric value. 1= Error, 2=Warning, 3= Info, 4= Debug, 5= Input, 6=Output, 7= Macro Modal, 10= Error Continuation
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#4 2006-08-11 11:48:02
- RobD
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- From: Connecticut
- Registered: 2005-02-07
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Re: Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
Hi Serge,
Thanks, your idea is a good start. To me, your idea is analgous to having a MACHIN card at the beginning of a nc program source file.
But, even when using a graphical programming tool like UG, I periodically add programmer's comments between sequences and operations in the UG operation navigator.
e.g. $$ This would be a comment in the source file.
Have a nice weekend,
Robert Davie
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#5 2006-09-08 18:21:59
- vhubbard
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- From: Dallas, TX
- Registered: 2004-11-11
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Re: Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
Agreed, there needs to be a way to comment .mch and .ctl files. Some of these are complex and not easily understood without documentation. We also need to keep a rev history of changes in the file.
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#6 2006-11-17 16:05:49
- vhubbard
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Re: Comments in the .mch, .ctl and .tls files.
I know it does not address all you request, but I have seen a neet trick to keep track of changes in the control file.
in the Event > Start Of Processing, call the macro MessageMacro
In the override text, you can enter : name, date, latest changes, version, etc...
The message type is specified by the input numeric value. 1= Error, 2=Warning, 3= Info, 4= Debug, 5= Input, 6=Output, 7= Macro Modal, 10= Error Continuation
If you want to do it just for documentation, You can add a Text Override field to the NullMacro.
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