DMIS files adhere to the DMIS standards for DMIS commands. You can execute DMIS files on other applications that use the DMIS language.
To export your PC-DMIS measurement routine file as a DMIS file, perform the following steps:
Select File | Export | DMIS. This action opens the Export dialog box.
In the Export dialog box, choose a file name and click Export to open the DMIS Export Setup dialog box. This dialog box contains the General tab and the Error Log tab.
After you choose your options on these tabs, click OK to complete the export process.
General tab
DMIS Export Setup dialog box - General tab
The General tab lets you choose one of three methods to convert your PC-DMIS measurement routine into a DMIS file.
PC-DMIS Edit Window (DMIS Mode) - This method exports a DMIS file exactly as the measurement routine looks in the Edit window when you are in DMIS mode.
Flexible
DMIS - This method allows you to customize the exported file
to match your specific DMIS version, measurement methods, or supported
DMIS statements. When you select this option, a file selection box
becomes enabled that allows you to browse to and select a specific
BASIC script file (*.bas extension). You can create your own script
file, or modify an existing script file to control exactly what PC-DMIS
should export.
PC-DMIS provides you with three ready-to-use .bas files that reside
in your PC-DMIS installation directory. These files customize your
export so that it uses a defined subset of supported DMIS statements
for a specific DMIS version. The files are PCD2DMIS030.BAS, PCD2DMIS040.BAS,
and PCD2DMIS050.BAS (for DMIS 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 respectively). The
commands that are not customized in the .bas file are exported as
they are for the PC-DMIS Edit Window (DMIS Mode)
option.
If a function in the BASIC script returns an error when you use this option, then the exported file gets written as if you had selected the PC-DMIS Edit Window (DMIS Mode) option above.
Legacy Postout - This method exports the file as it used to in older versions of PC-DMIS.
Error Log tab
DMIS Export Setup dialog box - Error Log tab
The Error Log tab lets you view or save errors encountered during an export phase so that you can correct them in your script file or take some other appropriate action. PC-DMIS displays errors or warnings in these instances:
When a function in the BASIC script returns a logical error, meaning you have a problem somewhere in your script that's causing an automation logic error. In this case, the BASIC Script function returns a text string with this header: $$ LOGERR |.
When a parameter in a PC-DMIS
command cannot be converted into DMIS code. In this case, the BASIC
Script function returns a text string with this header:
$$ DMISERR |
Click the ... button to locate and select an existing text file to which PC-DMIS should send the errors.
Click the Display log when export is complete check box to display the text file in a text editor once PC-DMIS finishes the export process.
SuppressDMESWComandOutput Registry Entry
A SuppressDMESWComandOutput registry entry lets you suppress DMESW/COMAND statements in the output file with the $$ comment marker prefix if you use the Flexible DMIS export method discussed above. See the "SuppressDMESWComandOutput" topic in the PC-DMIS Settings Editor documentation.