Auto run an NXOpen exe program in NX 9 ?

[biw01]

Can someone let me know if there is a way to auto execute a NX Open executable file (.exe) without someone physically executing this using File --> Execute.

The context of my problem statement is that I am using a Filesystemwatcher to monitor a folder on my pc. It automatically alerts if there are any few files added to this folder. I need a way to launch my NXopen program automatically everytime someone add a new file.

I would appreciate your help in this regard.

Thanks,
Amitabh

 

[JohnRBaker]

That can be done using something called Menuscripts where you can modify menu actions to launch custom applications as either a supplement to or a replacement of the normal menu action.

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[biw01]

John,

Thank you for replying to my query.
Where can I find more information on how to create a menuscript ?

Amitabh

 

[cowski]

The NX help is always a great place to start. The menuscript help can be found in the "programming tools" section of the help, which is not installed by default. You may need to re-run the help install program to find it.

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[biw01]

Thank you Cowski. I will look that up in my help file.

 

[paulbarryturner]

I believe that you can use the User Exits to have a dll executed at particular times automatically by NX.

We run NX Open with Visual Studio and when you use the template NX9 Open c# Wizard it creates a ReadMe.txt, that I have attached to this post, which describes these User Exits.

E.g.

​

User Exit Environment Variable Entry Point

​

Open Part USER_RETRIEVE ufget

​

New Part USER_CREATE ufcre

​

Save Part USER_FILE ufput

I haven't actually used these myself but this may be what you are looking for.

Paul

Paul Turner
CAD & Process Engineer
Mastip Technology

 

[phillpd]

Could you create it as a Service ?

NX 9.0.3.4
NX 10.0.1.4 (Testing)
Windows 7 64 (Windows 8.1 Tablet)

 

[cowski]

If you have compiled your NXOpen program as an .exe file, I assume it is meant to run in batch mode (no user interaction). If it works correctly with no user interaction, you should be able to start the program from your file watcher program.

Something like:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa326950(v=vs.71).aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4272/Using-Diagnostics-Process-to-start-an-external-app

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[biw01]

Cowski,

Once we open NX using the process.start , can we fire an NXOpen executable within the new NX session automatically ?

Thanks,
Amitabh

 

[cowski]

If you've compiled your program as an .exe, you won't need to open NX. Use process start on your .exe and it will start NX as necessary.

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