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Gary:

Sounds like things are working mostly well. Sorry Ive been only
intermittently. Im testing some code for clubfoot escapements, once Im
finished up Ill look in Auggies direction again as I have some things
Id like to flesh out.

Art

Art

No problem thanks for you work and a lot of help..

I'm hoping that removing the latest print statements may help with not having to slow down feed rates for the smaller holes..

Gary

Art

Having some trouble with dowhile and while loops

maybe i 'm just confused go figure..

Anyway can you call a function from the while loop, and in the function you are call have a while loop also?
And if i call the function is there a way not to reset the variable's each time its called..
say i have a loop counter in the second function, i don't want to reset the counter every time i call that function, there may be 3 or 4 values i don't want to reset..

there is no way to a goto, or use a sub in a script right..

Gary

Hi Gary:

>>Anyway can you call a function from the while loop, and in the function you are call have a while loop also?

  yes. shouldn't be an issue.

>>And if i call the function is there a way not to reset the variable's each time its called..
say i have a loop counter in the second function, i don't want to reset the counter every time
i call that function, there may be 3 or 4 values i don't want to reset..

  Unless their global var's they will reset. You could use global vars and
have a reset routine as well, but there is no real support for static I dont think.

>>there is no way to a goto, or use a sub in a script right..

  No, other than conditional breaks , there isnt much for loop control. Best you can do is clever design of
scripts called that use globals with other scripts to set them to defaults.

Art

Thanks Art

I thought global's would be the only way but just in case i figure i'd ask..., if you don't ask no matter how dumb it may sound you will never know..

Gary

Art

Been working with the % bar.
Is there a way that every time the bar is moved, slide up down to call a function?

It has a var name, but if i create a function with that var name, its not called to that global function.
I know how to get the value from the slider i just wanted to do some stuff every time it's moved..

Gary

Gary:

  Ill check. As I recall as long as a function is named it will be called when the slider changes,
but I may have turned that off for traffic control.. too many calls.. I'll check and see.

Art

Thanks art

Was hoping i'd catch you before you made the change to enable Reading %bar, if you could remove the prints you added for the feed rates.
Wanted to see if that had any effect on having to use  slower feed rate's when probing smaller holes..

Gary 

Gary:

Ill do that as well..
Probably by end of weekend..

Art

Gary:

Found a rather serious error in the messaging flow for the control scripts.
I think I have it fixed, still testing, be out this weekend I suspect.

Thx
Art