Text Output Techniques

[Cumofo]

Dear Friends,


I would like to incorporate output to a text file. I have forgotten the code, could anyone be so kind as to refresh my memory?
Thank you very much.

Gabriel

[Mike N.]

insert>file IO command>file open

FPTR =FILE/OPEN,C:\PCDMISW_35mr2\results.txt,APPEND

set variables for each feature needed to be sent to file

i.e......ASSIGN/V1 = PERP1.MEAS

insert>file IO>writing commands>write line

FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+","+V5

this will import into excel if the commas are used

[TaterHouse]

Can you explain this:

i.e......ASSIGN/V1 = PERP1.MEAS

FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+","+V5

Thanks,

[Cumofo]

ThX Mike! Very nice touch adding the commas, since my goal is to build an append file, and database to Access.

ok for taterhouse:
ASSIGN/V1 = PERP1.MEAS
this is the label for a variable, the perp1 is a dimensioned feature, the .meas is the output of that measured feature.

FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+","+V5
the file writeline is the call to write the variables to the file named by FPTR with the part number first, followed by commas and the rest of the variables.

BUT FIRST YOU MUST OPEN A FILE TO WRITE TO!!!


thanks again Mike.

Gabriel

[Mike N.]

from the "insert" option at the top of pcdmis...

v1 Assignment

the info after the "=" is the value you wish to capture as a variable. It could be any part (x,y,z,d,r,...etc) of any dimension (cir1,pln2,perp1,...etc)

the meaning for this example was the perp1 measured dimension created prior to entering this assignment
================================================== ====

from the "insert" option at the top of pcdmis...

insert>file IO>writing commands>write line

FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+","+V5

this command writes to the predifined file, the assignment variables stated as v1,v2,v3....etc

[JaredHess]

Also you might want to check out the help file. It has some code examples of how to do File Input and Output using the various File I/O commands. See the "Using File Input / Output" section. Or mouse-over the menu item, and press F1.

[dwade]

need help on getting this to work

We've got 2 CMMs with DataPage and 2 without and I am trying to set a repeatability test between all.

I've entered the code as stated above and assigned the variables I want to report into the prg and this is my code as stated in this thread and all I get in my text file is: "PARTNUM+,"+V1+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+","+V5+","+V6+ ","+V7+","+V8+","+V9+","+V10+","+V11+","+V12+","+V 13+","+V14+","+V15+","+V16+","+V17+","+V18+","+V19 +","+V20+","+V21+","+V22+",

This is the code that I've got at the end of the prg.
FPTR =FILE/OPEN,C:\PCDMISW37mr1\data\blockrr.txt,APPEND
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM+,"+V1+","+V2+","+V3+","+V4+ ","+V5+","+V6+","+V7+","+V8+","+V9+","+V10+","+V11 +","+V12+","+V13+","+V14+","+V15+","+V16+","+V17+" ,"+V18+","+V19+","+V20+","+V21+","+V22+",
FILE/CLOSE,FPTR

What is not correct?

Duane

[craiger_ny]

Look closely at your quotes. You want to concatenate with the + sign, anything you quote is basically a string.

You do PARTNUM +, "+V1+"......

This is like saying send a variable named PARTNUM concatenate then a comma which is probably screwing things up because it is not in quotes then no cancatenate then +V1+ as a string.

This is what you want

PARTNUM + "," + V1......

This says send a variable named PARTNUM concatenate a comma then concatenate a variable named V1 etc.

My guess is a variable named PARTNUM might have gotten sent but then things went screwy.

As a side note, you don't have to do this but puting a space in between variables, strings, operators etc makes the code more readable and helps when it comes time to trouble shoot. Not mandatory but I know it helps me. PCDMIS will read it either way.

[dwade]

I think I understand.... I did not have any spaces between my features that I wanted to output to the file. Is that what you were trying to tell me?

Also, is the a limit the number of characters in a line of code in PC-DMIS?

[craiger_ny]

I think I understand.... I did not have any spaces between my features that I wanted to output to the file. Is that what you were trying to tell me?

Also, is the a limit the number of characters in a line of code in PC-DMIS?

No it is not the sapces that is doing it. It is your placement of quotes.

Look closely this is your code (I am adding spaces for clarity):

FPTR =FILE/OPEN,C:\PCDMISW37mr1\data\blockrr.txt,APPEND
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM + , "+V1+" , "+V2+" , "+V3+" , "+V4+ " , "+V5
+" , "+V6+" , "+V7+" , "+V8+" , "+V9+" , "+V10+" , "+V11 +" , "+V12+" , "+V13
+" , "+V14+" , "+V15+" , "+V16+" , "+V17+" ,"+V18+" , "+V19+" , "+V20+" , 
"+V21+" , "+V22+" ,
FILE/CLOSE,FPTR

All of your variables are wrapped in quotes so it goes over as a string instead of the variable information it has been set (assigned) as.

Here is what your code should look like:

FPTR =FILE/OPEN,C:\PCDMISW37mr1\data\blockrr.txt,APPEND
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,PARTNUM + "," + V1 + "," + V2 + "," + V3 + "," + V4
 + "," + V5 + "," + V6 + "," + V7 + "," + V8 + "," + V9 + "," + V10 + "," + 
V11  + "," + V12 + "," + V13 + "," + V14 + "," + V15 + "," + V16 + "," + V17
 + "," + V18 + "," + V19 + "," + V20 + "," + V21 + "," + V22
FILE/CLOSE,FPTR

See the difference? In your case you quoted the variables, in my case I quote the comma. That causes the comma to go over as a string and then your text file ends up delimited by it. See how much easier it is to read when there are spaces? This is simply convention and does not need to be followed.

Craig

[dwade]

Craiger_NY

It works now. Thank you for the help!!

Duane