Run Macro through NX API

[rajatjain]

Hi,

Is there a method to call a NX macro through NX addin using NX API?

I am working on NX9.0.

Kindly advise.

Thanks

Rajat Jain
Technical Director
JeeneDo Auto-Configure Pvt. Ltd.

http://www.auto-configure.com

 

[jpetach]

Rajatjain,

No, (not in the same NX session as the api program - hypothetically the journal could create a new process that launched another NX session with the command line option to execute a macro upon NX startup - but that has very limited usefulness).

I do not think that is worth pursuing. What operations are causing you to consider using macro?

The opposite workflow is possible - the macro can launch the api program. Can you perform the macro operations before invoking the api program?

Regards, Joe

 

[Bleaker]

@Rajatjain: Yes, you can do this with the undocumented function "MACRO_playback_from_usertool" from libugui.dll, which you can access using UF_load_library. UF_load_library will give you a function pointer which you can then invoke with the name of your macro as the argument. It's rather complicated and should be only used as a last resort (i.e. you absolutely must do this and there's no way to get around it), because, well, it's an undocumented function! You never know if the NX devs throw it out in the next version, or make you PC spontaneously combust, or something.

@jpetach: The question is probably a follow up to this one, meaning that Rajatjain is trying to open the "Add Component" dialog with the API.