Custom Macro Buttons Unavailable?

Is it possible to make Custom Macro Buttons unavailable like native tools?
For instance you create a macro that only works on .sldprt documents. Can
you make it unavailable when an Assembly doc is active?

Corey Scheich

 

I don't know about the button ( I don't think so, though.), but the proper
way is to deal with it inside the macro. That way, regardless of whether
the macro is run from a button, or by calling from some program, or by the
menus, it handles the situation properly. Just have it check the type of
document and make decisions/error messages based on that. Let me know if
you need an example.

WT

 

It sure would be nice to have 3 macro toolbars tho woudn't it? One
for Assemblies, one for Part files, and one for Drawings. Of course,
then I'd probably want one for sketching, and...

Ken

 

It sure would be nice to have 3 macro toolbars tho woudn't it? One
well, if you ever write a Solidworks Plugin, you'll find thats
*exactly* the way they do it (unfortunately)

I think it would be a helluva lot easier to just enable/disable a
button on a single menu, than having to write 3 (sometimes identical)
menus, and let SW display the one depending on what the active doc is.

A quick-and-dirty way around this (if you're running 2001+ or newer)
is to just write a single .swp, drop command buttons with images on
them, and make the form non-modal. You'll still have a titlebar
showing on your 'toolbar', but the form will automatically be on top
(no api calls) and you'll have all the flexibility you'll need (for
now)

 

you can create your own toolbars with sldworks::addtoolbar3
you can create your own toolbar command with sldworks::addtoolbarcommand2
you can turn off toolbars with modeldoc2::Toolbars

 

Now we are headed in the right direction

 

Well, like I said an add-in will get you closer to what you want but you'll
still have to embed all your macros into the add-in DLL. There's no way to
invoke a macro via the API.

 

you can use FeatureManager::InsertMacroFeature
then rebuild.
then delete MacroFeature.