Conversion Utility
Purpose:
This utility converts and saves measurement routines into the desired version.
Starting from with PC-DMIS 2021.21, PC-DMIS doesn’t allow to loading of the measurement routines
created in the PC-DMIS 2015 and earlier. In PC-DMIS 2022.1, only PRG files from 2016 or newer will
be allowed. This “rolling” restriction will continue with each new release of PC-DMIS.
To use older routines with a current PC-DMIS releas, Yyou need to save all the older measurement
routines prior to PC-DMIS 2015 to anythe version at least as recent as that defined by the current
restrictionsbove the PC-DMIS 2016 versions. This can be done one file at a time but if you have a
significant number of files it can be very time consuming. To help decrease the manual
workfacilitate this process, we’ve created and shared this utility. It will automatically you can open
the measurement routines and save them to the desired version. While it is being provided free of
charge, there is no implied support. Please be sure to back-up all of your files before starting this
processs with this utility.
Description:
Note: You need to launch the desired PC-DMIS version as an administrator at least once before you
launch the conversion utility. This sets the target version for the utility to save into.
MR path (Measurement routine path) :
In this box, you need to type or browse to the directory that contains measurement routines you
want to save to the desired version.
Example: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2014 R1
Logpath:
In this box, you need to type or browse to the directory where you want to save the log file. This file
provides information on whether a measurement routine was saved successfully or not.
Example
If there is no logfile available to browse, you need to provide the folder as
“folderpath”+[Link]
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\2014 R1\[Link]
If the [Link] file is not available in this directory, then the [Link] file gets created
automatically.
If [Link] is available in the directory, the log information gets appended in the file.
Sub-Folders:
If you mark this check box, the conversion utility search for all the sub-folders in the MR Path folder
for the .prg extensions.
Convert:
When you click on the Convert button, PC-DMIS launches (Last opened Run as admin PC-DMIS
Version) and tries to open the measurement routines from the MR path folder. After the utility
converts all the measurement routines, the utility displays this message.
Cancel:
This button closes the dialog box. If you want to close the dialog box during the conversion, then you
need to close PC-DMIS from the task bar in order to click cancel.