protk.dat

Hi all,

I have specified parameters for external application for Proe in protk.dat
file. If I register this application through
Tools>Auxiliary application>Register>Start it works perfect. But I want to
start it automatically when Proe starts.

I tried several ways what I found in the help:

Pro/ENGINEER searches for the registry file in the following locations, in
this order:
1. A file called protk.dat or prodev.dat in the current directory
2. A file named in a "PROTKDAT", "PRODEVDAT", or "TOOLKIT_REGISTRY_FILE"
statement in the Pro/ENGINEER configuration file
3. A file called protk.dat or prodev.dat in the directory
<Pro/ENGINEER>/<MACHINE>/text/<LANGUAGE>
4. A file called protk.dat or prodev.dat in the directory
<Pro/ENGINEER>/text

but without success. Do you have some ideas where I did mistake?

Peter

 

You need the config.pro option protkdat set to where your protk.dat
file is located.
ie.
protkdat c:\pro_tkapps\samples\protk.dat

then the config.pro file is located as in your above info.

 

I already did it without success. Any other ideas?

 

In you protk.dat file, you should have something similiar as below.
Without the startup option defined, Pro wont start it automatically
even if you define where the .dat file is located in the config.pro
option



name InchCustomTools
startup dll
allow_stop TRUE
exec_file c:\pro_tkapps\inch\tools.dll
text_dir c:\pro_tkapps\inch
revision
end

 

My protk.dat file:

NAME WB100PluginPro2001
STARTUP DLL
EXEC_FILE C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v100\AISOL\CAD
Integration\ProE\intel\Pro2001PlugInU.dll
TEXT_DIR C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v100\AISOL\CAD
Integration\ProE\intel\Text
delay_start FALSE
allow_stop TRUE
REVISION Wildfire
END


It works fine, but it didn't start automaticaly. I have to start it
manualy every time if I want to use this application.

 

Out of Pro/E stupidity, change your exec and text paths to somewhere
without spaces in their names... Its been a problem for different
situations in Pro since I started on Rev 15........

 

If all else fails, you could create a map key to start it.

 

My new Protk.dat:

NAME WB100PluginPro2001
STARTUP dll
EXEC_FILE C:\Pro_settings\intel\Pro2001PlugInU.dll
TEXT_DIR C:\Pro_settings\intel\Text
delay_start FALSE
allow_stop TRUE
REVISION Wildfire
END

and the same results. Maybe I need some licence to start it automatically.
Thanks for your willingness.

Peter

 

Hmmm....... you shouldn't.

try this- put that protkdat file in your c:\pro_settings directory
and nowhere else.
Now in your config.pro file located in the start-up directory put the
line
protkdat c:\pro_settings\protk.dat
Also in the protk.dat file remove the delay_start line and see what
happens.

After that Im stumped...........
this setup works fine here

 

Looks like your trying to start Ansys (put Ansys menu in ProE)... maybe
this will help. Here's my setup that works fine....

in one of your config.pro files add this line...
protkdat C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v90\AISOL\CAD
Integration\ProE\intel\text\Pro2001PlugIn.dat
(or where ever Ansys is installed)

the Pro2001PlugIn.dat file...
NAME WB90PluginPro2001
EXEC_FILE C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v90\AISOL\CAD
Integration\ProE\intel\Pro2001PlugInU.dll
TEXT_DIR d:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v90\AISOL\CAD
Integration\ProE\intel\Text
STARTUP dll
delay_start FALSE
allow_stop TRUE
REVISION 2001
END

hope it helps
-mark