Grip with a file browser window

[MSPBenson]

I'm trying to create a grip program and ideally it want's to have a file browser (similar like the window you get when you create a new part) instead of having to type in the path.
Has anyone come across a way of doing this.

Thanks in advance,

Mark Benson
CAD Support Engineer

Mark Benson
CAD Support Engineer

 

[looslib]

No, GRIP doesn't support an interface to the UIstyler.


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Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

 

[Alchemeidus]

loosib is correct in that GRIP does not support this.

However an out of the box approach would be to XSPAWN (See UG GRIP Docs)
an external program and have that program write the information to a temp file that GRIP could read.
This can be done in tcl/tk, VB, etc.
I have used it with tcl/tk before I started using Ufunc w/Styler.
Please also note that you can pass ENV variable to your spawned program. This is one way only!!
I use this to pass the file name I want to create to the spawned program.
This is useful because GRIP can wait for the file to be created before continuing. (if you use CONCUR)

To retrieve any information you will have to write it to a file and read it with GRIP.
The following is a GRIP program that will execute a tcl program using ugwish.

GRIPSW/DECLRV
STRING/$
program(132) ,$ UGWISH
execute(132) ,$ program to execute
basedir(132) ,$ ENV Variable UGII_BASE_DIR
z_end $$

$$#######################################################################
basedir = ENVVAR/'UGII_BASE_DIR',ASK
program = basedir + '\MACH\AUXILIARY\ugwish.exe'
execute = 'U:\DV_System\sample.tcl'
XSPAWN/PROG,program,execute

$$#######################################################################
HALT

hope it helps.....