【转帖】swtools - new macro toolbar creator

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swtools - new macro toolbar creator
the latest tool for solidworks is a handly little tray icon tool called swtools, that pops up and provides the user with as many taskbar buttons to run solidworks macros as they like.
having toolbar buttons outside of solidworks frees up the working space and allows for much easier network sharing of sw macros without the need to add each macro the individual users toolbars, which is very time consuming. find the tool
nice, thanks
it just gives me an error. any body else have this problem?
solidworks 2006,2007,2008,2009 (office premium.)
core 2 duo e6850 @ 3.00 mhz
window xp pro sp3 32 bit
ati firegl v7350
have you read the readme file and setup the plain the text file containing the info? also, what is the error you get?
you also need .net framework 3.0 installed
sorry for posting so soon. i did get get it to run now but there is no button to start my macro. i must be doing something wrong yet this is what my file looks like.
[estimator]
part estimator
calculate part price
c:\program files\solidworks\solidworks\macro\usefull macros\part estimator\part estimatorv2.swp
partestimatorv2
main
c:\program files\solidworks\solidworks\macro\usefull macros\part estimator\estimator.bmp
solidworks 2006,2007,2008,2009 (office premium.)
core 2 duo e6850 @ 3.00 mhz
window xp pro sp3 32 bit
ati firegl v7350
edited: 10/21/2008 at 11:51 am by ben guenther
this looks cool, i'll be sure to check it out!
thanks!
best regards,
jason a. corl | bsme
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it is not a macro it is a program if that is what you mean. it is totally separate from solidworks and runs on startup or from the start menu->programs->angelsix->swtools.
once it is running you have a system tray icon that you double click to show all buttons
update: also, made slight improvements to the design; you now only have to single click the icon in the tray, the buttons have a popup appearance instead of flat so you can tell when you hover over them, the background of the buttons fills with white instead of transparent if the images are smaller, and the button size is correct for 32x32 pixel images now (was previously 2px too small).
update: i have also just updated the image loading so that the tool does not lock image access and you can edit images while the program is running (saves having to exit the app on every users machine to update images).

edited: 10/23/2008 at 03:36 am by luke malpass
quick