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Hello Eplan user,

Maybe somebody can give me a helping hand.

I have trouble with that code...

uint iMainMenuId = oMenu.AddMainMenu("Mainmenu HM", "Dienstprogramme", "Eintrag 1 in HM", "A_Eintrag1HM", "", 1);

I get the message in Eplan...
(Eplan.EplApi.Gui.Menu does not contain a definition for AddMainMenu)

Thanks

Wilson11

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Hi wilson11 !

@General:
Please fill Your version infos, thx !

@Problem:
Are your tying this via script or API ?

1st option (script):
Adding main menus was not possible in former EPLAN versions.
I guess, that you've an older P8 version so it is not possible
to create own main menus.

2nd option (API):
Your code references an older GUI-dll which does not contain the main menu method...

gtx,
nairolf

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Thanks nairolf

I have upgrade to version 1.9.10

I can run a script to have a menu now.
I guess I prefer to use it by an API and
I don't now how. If you have time to explane
I should be very happy.

Currently I'm using 5.70 and have an addin for excel
to make my work as fast as possibly and now I want to
start to convert this to P8. What do you think about that, is API the best way?

Code:

Public Class Menu

    <Start()> _
    <DeclareAction("Epl8-Info")> _
    Public Sub MyInfoAction()

        MessageBox.Show("About Epl8-Pro!", "MenuFunction")
        Return

    End Sub

    <DeclareAction("Project-Setup1")> _
    Public Sub MyProjectSetup1Action()

        MessageBox.Show("Preferences!", "MenuFunction")
        Return

    End Sub
    <DeclareAction("Project-Setup2")> _
    Public Sub MyProjectSetup2Action()

        MessageBox.Show("Pre-Calculation!", "MenuFunction")
        Return

    End Sub
    <DeclareAction("Project-Setup3")> _
    Public Sub MyProjectSetup3Action()

        MessageBox.Show("Motor List!", "MenuFunction")
        Return

    End Sub
 

    <DeclareMenu()> _
    Public Sub MenuFunction()

        Dim oMenu As New Eplan.EplApi.Gui.Menu()

        Dim iMainMenuId As UInteger = oMenu.AddMainMenu("Epl8Pro", "Hjälpprogram", "About Epl8-Pro", "Epl8-Info", "", 1)
        Dim iPopupMenu0 As UInteger = oMenu.AddPopupMenuItem("Project-Setup", "Preferences", "Project-Setup1", "Preferences", iMainMenuId, 0, _
        False, False)
        oMenu.AddMenuItem("Pre-Calculation", "Project-Setup2", "Pre-Calculation", iPopupMenu0, Integer.MaxValue, False, _
        False)
        oMenu.AddMenuItem("Motor List", "Project-Setup3", "Motor List", iPopupMenu0, Integer.MaxValue, True, _
        False)
    End Sub
End Class

Wilson11

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Hi Wilson,

Zitat:

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I guess I prefer to use it by an API and
I don't now how.

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Ok, i hope you have a API License and the API Online Help.
Look into the chapter User Guide -> API Framework -> Add-ins and Adding functionality to Eplan
and getting thins done -> Adding menu points because you have to know some basics in API programming.

If you don't have to learn the basic you can simply create an EPLAN Add In with the
Microsoft Visual Studio Wizzard for Eplan Addins.
After that you simply have to change the created method OnInitGui() and add a call for
the main menue. For example in c#:

using System;
using Eplan.EplApi.ApplicationFramework;
using Eplan.EplApi.Gui;

namespace TEST.EplAddin.Schaltplangenerator
{

.....

public bool OnInitGui()
{
  // Test Mainmenue
      Menu oMenu = new Menu();
      uint iMainMenuId = oMenu.AddMainMenu("Test", "Help", "Submenue", "Actionname", "", 1);

      return true;

  }

  ......

}

This will create a main menue right from the menue item "Help" named "Test" and a submenue item named "Submenue".
After that you have to programm the action "Actionname", which starts your program or methods etc.

In the Online Help you can find the namespace Eplan.EplApi.Gui which lists all the methods for
programming menues.

If you don't have any experiance in programming c# or vb and the Eplan API, i think it will be better
for you to visit an api training at EPLAN.

Zitat:

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What do you think about that, is API the best way?

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I think we don't know, because it depends on what you exactly will do.
A lot of things can be done with scripting, others only with the API.

gtx
fritz

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