Does anyone have any ideas on how to auto-magically mark all our .prg files as "read only"?
We're currently supposed to set our .prg's as read only when were done programming them but half the time we forget. This has caused some issues with unintentionally modified programs over the years (the machinists operate the CMM's here).
I'm thinking either a script that can be run once a day/week/etc, and will check all those boxes in our program folder, or a subroutine at the end of each program that will that that particular file as read only (but knowing the file name would have to be automated somehow).
And yes, despite many raised eyebrows at Hexagon, we run thousands of programs as read only and we run them off a server (not a local drive) across 11 different CMM's with no substantial issues.
Bite the bullet and take all the programs you have and create marked sets. 2 are needed. MANUAL ALIGNMENT and NO MANUAL ALIGNMENT. Then password protect the login and use operator mode. Our operators were so happy when we did this. No clicking in the wrong spot, 2 options only. Once they got used to it they loved it.
yes, use marksets or "RoboCopy" your masters from the server to each CMM and run them locally like you should btw. You would just have to change your "Set Search Path" on each folder with the copied measurement routines
yes, use marksets or "RoboCopy" your masters from the server to each CMM and run them locally like you should btw. You would just have to change your "Set Search Path" on each folder with the copied measurement routines