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i have been working on a spindle warm up timer which is now fully working.
id like to have it pop up a form (like the extra button form) but with a few leds and text fields on it which i can then populate from my macroloop.
is this possible?

you'll need to create a form like this one (or sort of.... just along the same lines of one of these)

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=987

ok. ive managed to create a form with a label, textbox and buttons.

buttons and labels working fine.
trying to work out how to display a var from uccnc into the form text box. any help?
ps. happy new year

was thinking. is what i want to do even possible?
the text box showing a var ? if the var changes while its being updated by a macro loop- will it change in the form textfield as thats only run once.

You can add a Timer to the form which updates with a set time the data on the form. The data can be a field, a label, a picturebox with an LED, etc.

thank you dezoe.
is there any references to code required i can read up on doing this?
im still having difficulty just getting the var to populate the text box

found this. looks like i have a few more hours head scratching to do.
Examples
The following example implements a simple interval timer, which sets off an alarm every five seconds. When the alarm occurs, a MessageBox displays a count of the number of times the alarm has started and prompts the user as to whether the timer should continue to run.

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public class Class1 {
static System.Windows.Forms.Timer myTimer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
static int alarmCounter = 1;
static bool exitFlag = false;

// This is the method to run when the timer is raised.
private static void TimerEventProcessor(Object myObject,
EventArgs myEventArgs) {
myTimer.Stop();

// Displays a message box asking whether to continue running the timer.
if(MessageBox.Show("Continue running?", "Count is: " + alarmCounter,
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes) {
// Restarts the timer and increments the counter.
alarmCounter +=1;
myTimer.Enabled = true;
}
else {
// Stops the timer.
exitFlag = true;
}
}

public static int Main() {
/* Adds the event and the event handler for the method that will
process the timer event to the timer. */
myTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(TimerEventProcessor);

// Sets the timer interval to 5 seconds.
myTimer.Interval = 5000;
myTimer.Start();

// Runs the timer, and raises the event.
while(exitFlag == false) {
// Processes all the events in the queue.
Application.DoEvents();
}
return 0;
}
}

Here is a macro, which uses the Timer and sets an LED:

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// Path is relative to UCCNC.EXE
path = Application.StartupPath + @"\Flashscreen\BMP\";

ledON = path + "LEDon.png";
ledOFF = path + "LEDoff.png";

myForm = new Form();
myForm.SuspendLayout();

myForm.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(400, 200); // Min width: 140!
myForm.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
myForm.ControlBox = false;
myForm.MaximizeBox = false;
myForm.MinimizeBox = false;
myForm.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;

myLabel = new Label();
myLabel.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 14.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, (byte)238);
myLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 20);
myLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size((int)(myForm.ClientSize.Width - 24), 22);
myLabel.Text = "Activate the probe input at least once!";
myLabel.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.TopCenter;

myPBox = new PictureBox();
myPBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(40, 40);
myPBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point((int)(myForm.ClientSize.Width / 2 - myPBox.Size.Width / 2), myForm.ClientSize.Height - myPBox.Size.Height - 100);
myPBox.ImageLocation = ledOFF;
myPBox.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.Zoom;

myButton1 = new Button();
myButton1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(90, 23);
myButton1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point((int)(myForm.ClientSize.Width / 2 - myButton1.Size.Width / 2), myForm.ClientSize.Height - 80);
myButton1.TabIndex = 0;
myButton1.Text = "Proceed";
myButton1.Enabled = false;
myButton1.Click += new System.EventHandler(myButton1_Click);

myButton2 = new Button();
myButton2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(90, 23);
myButton2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point((int)(myForm.ClientSize.Width / 2 - myButton2.Size.Width / 2), myForm.ClientSize.Height - 40);
myButton2.TabIndex = 0;
myButton2.Text = "Cancel";
myButton2.Click += new System.EventHandler(myButton2_Click);

myTimer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
myTimer.Enabled = true;
myTimer.Interval = 50;
myTimer.Tick += new System.EventHandler(myTimer_Tick);

myForm.Controls.Add(myLabel);
myForm.Controls.Add(myPBox);
myForm.Controls.Add(myButton1);
myForm.Controls.Add(myButton2);

myForm.ResumeLayout(false);

myForm.BringToFront();
myForm.ShowDialog(exec.mainform);

if (proceed)
{
  // Proceed was pressed, your code here!
  exec.AddStatusmessage("Test completed.")
}

#Events

string path;
string ledON;
string ledOFF;

Form myForm;
Label myLabel;
PictureBox myPBox;
Button myButton1;
Button myButton2;
System.Windows.Forms.Timer myTimer;

bool lastProbeLEDState = false;
bool wasActive = false;

bool proceed = false;

private void myTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  bool probeState = exec.GetLED(37); // Probe LED
  if (probeState != lastProbeLEDState)
  {
    if (probeState)
      wasActive = true;
    else
      if (wasActive) myButton1.Enabled = true;
    lastProbeLEDState = probeState;
    if (probeState)
      myPBox.ImageLocation = ledON;
    else
      myPBox.ImageLocation = ledOFF;
  }
}

private void myButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  proceed = true;
  myForm.Close();
}

private void myButton2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  proceed = false;
  exec.Callbutton(130);
  myForm.Close();
}


Still having trouble trying to get the variable to read into my form
Does it have to be declared as public static in the feeding macroloop?

Add the following line to myTimer_Tick and it will show you the current Z:

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  myLabel.Text = "Z = " + AS3.Getfield(228);