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    Excel macro worked great with Outlook, need update help for Windows 10 Mail App

    Hello I have an Excel macro ( Worked great with Outlook for years ) which generated an email message within Excel and sent it to Outlook. Now, we have new employees using Windows 10 Mail App and not Outlook. Can someone point me in a direction of where I can find resources regarding updating...
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    CatiaV5r30 seizes up unexpectedly

    Hello We recently upgraded our CatiaV5 to rev 30 and on one of our computers it will run fine and then without any warning completely seizes up the entire computer for about 2 minutes or so and then Catia application disappears leaving you staring at your desktop. Everything is locked up during...
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    Catia VBA refresh hierarchy tree after changes

    Hello! I wrote an application that automates a renaming task using Catia's Visual Basic editor. The application works great except for a preview option button. " Sometimes " when the designer clicks the preview button the hierarchy tree does not refresh its contents. The code used for preview...
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    CATShape and a save macro

    Good morning! We have enjoyed using a nice macro from thread: thread560-435146, ( saving parts & products using part numbers as filenames ) but just recently ran into an issue where our customer has provided us with a CATShape item in the design. The macro seems to crash/stop when it trys to...
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    View mode custonization Line-on-Line ( option to shade same way? )

    Hello! Is there a way to color shade parts/products with the same effect ( nice smooth matching edges when comparing two versions of the same product ) as seen when activating the "View Mode Customization: Line-on-Line" Thanks! Tom
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    CATScript to fill in compass parameters

    Good morning! I searched this forum, my Ziethen book, and the portable script by Ferdo and do not see how to manipulate the compass parameters via macro. What I wanted to do is to fill in the Increments section: Along U Along V, Along W, and the rotation boxes with some standard values. If...
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    Does CatiaV5r2012 have a directory path plus filename length limit separate from Windows 7 pro.

    Hello all! Does CatiaV5r2012 have a directory path plus filename length limit separate from Windows 7 professional? I thought the character limit was 255 characters. I have a macro that saves files using part numbers for filenames. Works well but occasionally we run into a situation where...
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    Catscript to check if Visualization in the Bill of Material is on or off?

    Good morning! Is it CatiaV5r2012 VBA possible to check if Visualization in the Bill of Material check box is on or off? If possible... Can you provide a code clip example? Thanks!
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    CatiaV5r2012 Snap or Compass move slow to respond - why?

    Has anybody experienced a slow response with CatiaV5r2012 when trying to move a part either by using snap or a compass move? The move will happen but seems like Catia is thinking about the effort for a minute before the move actually happens. What is further confusing is this does not happen...
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    Detecting if user defined/added property exists

    Good morning! Can someone help me with a code snippet. I have a renaming macro that loops thru a design and does a lot of time saving stuff. One of the things it does is to auto-fill user defined properties. The problem I am running into is if a designer downloads a CAD file from the...
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    Thoughts on an idea for a CatiaV5 save file macro?

    Hello! I would like some feed back on an idea for a CatiaV5 save file macro. I will try my best to explain.. Typically, a designer would save file(s) locally on their computer while working on a design. Then the designer would provide an Adobe 3DPDF to the customer for review/approval. After...
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    Part number already exists in session renaming error

    Good morning, I have written a CatiaV5 2012 CatScript that loops thru a design tree and renames parts and products based upon various criteria. There is one error of which I cannot figure out how to handle. "Part number already exists in session." Can anybody provide a clip of code as an...
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    CatiaV5r18 won't install on Windows 10, CAB error?

    Hello Anybody know why CatiaV5r18 fails to install on Windows 10 reporting a CAB error part way into installation? Tom
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    Save CATPart double click blue to activate question

    Hello! CatiaV5 scripting question: Do you need to include some scripting code to activate ( Highlighted blue ) a selected CATPart/CATProduct in order to save it to a new file name? I have read several earlier posts related to this topic but things like .Activate or SendKeys doesn't seem to...
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    Changing features ( like name, user added properties ) of components within a selected sub assembly

    Good morning CatiaV52012 CatScript. Selections question.. I am working on a macro that prompts a user to select a sub-assembly and then loop thru its list of components/instances renaming the part numbers to company preferences. So far so good... I was using this snippet here to do a...
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    Visio 2007 Calendar appoinments - why is shape sheet value showing a decimal for a date?

    Hello! Two questions regarding Visio 2007 shape sheet date and time formats I was given a task of writing a Visio VBA script that will take a Monthly Calendar shape that has many appointment shapes within, extract the appointment info, and send an Outlook email to various people containing...
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    CatiaV5 macro to save selected part/product(s) with filename same as part number.

    Hello! Our design manager asked for a CatiaV5 script that will save the selected/active CatPart(s) or CatProduct(s) using the part number as the new filename. I am very efficient with MS Excel VBA but new to CatiaV5 VBA. Can anybody help with such a script? It would help me learn some of the...
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    Catiav5 VBA Save part using part number as the filename

    Hello! Our design manager asked for a CatiaV5 script that will save the selected/active CatPart(s) or CatProduct(s) using the part number as the new filename. I am very efficient with MS Excel VBA but new to CatiaV5 VBA. Can anybody help with such a script? It would help me learn some of the...

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