PCM for several tools

[[Me...]]

Hallo all,

I hope everyone can help me. The situation.
I have written a PCM-script to measure several tools with the same test plan.
However, the calculation of the target values of a curve measurement is repeated for each tools with different parameters. By the way Israel Soto Rodriguez helped me with a script to calculate the target values. Thanks again !
For example:
script tool 1
:
in script 1 a for ... next loop for target calculation
:
script tool 2
:
in script 2 the same for ... next loop for target calculation
:
script tool 3
:
in script 3 a the same for ... next loop for target calculation
:
Is there a way to simplify it by creating the for ... next loop once, as a subroutine and only calling it in each script tool 1 ... 3 ?

I hope you can understand my words.

// Winfried

[[Is...]]

Maybe this:
- Write only one loop using PCM variables.
- Organize your variables in a text file with the extension: *.para (1 file / tool)
- Then read the file (tool) you need in autorun.


Other ways to read the parameters are:
. Plan/ advanced/Parameter..
. readPCMFile(Filename)
. runPCMFile(filename)

[[Er...]]

//define sub
defineFunctionNamed("sub")
     A="what "
     B="ever" 
     returnValue=A+B
defineFunctionEnd("returnValue")

//call sub
executeFunctionNamed("sub")

Return value of the function can be anything. A list, a matrix, an object, etc.
How ever, reference object must be cleared from cache after usage. Or your program become corrupt after saving.

[[Me...]]

Good morning Eric,
a problem, the function "defineFunctionNamed" does not worked on my PCM ?!

[[Da...]]

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You can find "defineFunctionStart" in the list.

[[Me...]]

Hello Dane,

but Eric has written the function "defineFunctionNamed" ???

[[Is...]]

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Maybe is a finger error (works OK with: defineFunctionStart):

defineFunctionStart("sub")
     returnValue=A+B
defineFunctionEnd("returnValue")

//call sub
     A="what "
     B="ever" 
a=executeFunctionNamed("sub")

     A="hola  "
     B="mundo" 
b=executeFunctionNamed("sub")

[[Er...]]

Yeah, my bad. Im on vacation and is postning from my Phone. So syntax error is more likely to occur. I should have mentiond that 🙂