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Class TextNCWord

"TextNCWord", or in other words "Register", is an object that helps you quickly and conveniently convert string values to a text format that the CNC machine understands.

Optionally, TextNCWord can also help you to filter the output. It contains two values - current v and previous v0 (which has already been output earlier). If both of these values are the same, then re-output the value can be skipped automatically.

Inheritance

object

TextNCWord

Inherited Members

NCWord.Disable()

NCWord.State

NCWord.AutoUpdateState

NCWord.Unchanged

NCWord.Disabled

NCWord.TailString

Namespace: DotnetPostprocessing.SDK

Assembly: DotnetPostprocessing.SDK.dll

Syntax

public class TextNCWord : NCWord

Constructors

TextNCWord(string, NCWordTextCase)

Creates a new instance of a TextNCWord and initializes its state.

Declaration

public TextNCWord(string defaultValue, NCWordTextCase textCase)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	defaultValue	Default value for the TextNCWord.
NCWordTextCase	textCase	Determines whether or not to convert the case of characters.

TextNCWord(string, string, string, NCWordTextCase, bool)

Creates a new instance of a TextNCWord and initializes its state.

Declaration

public TextNCWord(string address, string defaultValue, string tailString, NCWordTextCase textCase, bool autoUpdateState)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	address	First part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the Address is "< X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.
string	defaultValue	Default value for the TextNCWord.
string	tailString	Final part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the TailString is "< /X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.
NCWordTextCase	textCase	Determines whether or not to convert the case of characters.
bool	autoUpdateState	The "AutoUpdateState" property determines whether the NCWord State should be automatically updated when the current v or previous v0 value changes.

TextNCWord(string, string, string, NCWordTextCase)

Creates a new instance of a TextNCWord and initializes its state.

Declaration

public TextNCWord(string address, string defaultValue, string tailString, NCWordTextCase textCase)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	address	First part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the Address is "< X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.
string	defaultValue	Default value for the TextNCWord.
string	tailString	Final part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the TailString is "< /X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.
NCWordTextCase	textCase	Determines whether or not to convert the case of characters.

TextNCWord(string, string, string)

Creates a new instance of a TextNCWord and initializes its state.

Declaration

public TextNCWord(string address, string defaultValue, string tailString)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	address	First part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the Address is "< X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.
string	defaultValue	Default value for the TextNCWord.
string	tailString	Final part of the NCWord's output string that will output directly without any changes. For example, if the NCWord has a format like "< X >{v}< /X >", then the TailString is "< /X >". An expression in curly braces is a part automatically formed from the value.

TextNCWord(string)

Creates a new instance of a TextNCWord and initializes its state.

Declaration

public TextNCWord(string defaultValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	defaultValue	Default value for the TextNCWord.

Fields

defaultValue

Default value for the TextNCWord.

Declaration

protected string defaultValue

Field Value

Type	Description
string

Properties

DefaultValue

Default value for the TextNCWord.

Declaration

public string DefaultValue { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
string

TextCase

Determines whether or not to convert the case of characters.

Declaration

public NCWordTextCase TextCase { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
NCWordTextCase

Unstable

Returns "True" if the TextNCWord is in the so-called "Unstable" state after the call of Reset() method. Actually it checks that the previous v0 value is equal to the "undefined" value ("null" for the TextNCWord). This state means that the TextNCWord will NOT output on the next call of Out() or Form(). But it will output just after the first change of the current v value.

Declaration

public override bool Unstable { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Overrides

NCWord.Unstable

v

Current value of the TextNCWord. When you set the value it usually automatically updates the State depend on equality with the previous v0 value.

Declaration

public string v { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
string

v0

Previous value of the TextNCWord that has already been output. When you set the previous value it usually automatically updates the State depend on equality with the current v value.

Declaration

public string v0 { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
string

ValuesDiffer

The property is "True" only if the current value v and the previous value v0 form a different output string.

Declaration

public override bool ValuesDiffer { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Overrides

NCWord.ValuesDiffer

ValuesSame

The property is "True" only if the current value v and the previous value v0 form a completely identical output string.

Declaration

public override bool ValuesSame { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Overrides

NCWord.ValuesSame

Methods

Hide(string)

Switches the TextNCWord to the Unchanged state and assigns the specified value to the current v value. It means that the TextNCWord will NOT output on the next call of Out() or Form() but it will contain the specified value.

It doesn't change the previous v0 value of the TextNCWord.

Later you can use the UpdateState() method to restore the changed-unchanged state depend on equality ot the v and v0.

Declaration

public void Hide(string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	value	The value to assign to the current v value of the TextNCWord

Init()

This method initializes an internal state of the TextNCWord just after creation.

Declaration

protected override void Init()

Overrides

Reset()

Switches the TextNCWord to the Unchanged state and changes the previous v0 value to an undefined value ("null" for the TextNCWord). It means that the TextNCWord will NOT output on the next call of Out() or Form(). But it will output just after the first change of the current v value.

It is the so-called "Unstable" state.

It doesn't change the current v value of the TextNCWord.

Later you can use the UpdateState() method to restore the changed-unchanged state depend on equality ot the v and v0.

Declaration

public override void Reset()

Overrides

Reset(string)

Switches the TextNCWord to the Unchanged state and changes the previous v0 value to an undefined value ("null" for the TextNCWord). It means that the TextNCWord will NOT output on the next call of Out() or Form(). But it will output just after the first change of the current v value.

It is the so-called "Unstable" state.

The current v value of the TextNCWord will contain the value you specifiad as the DotnetPostprocessing.SDK.TextNCWord.value parameter.

Later you can use the UpdateState() method to restore the changed-unchanged state depend on equality ot the v and v0.

Declaration

public void Reset(string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	value	The value to assign to the current v value of the TextNCWord

RestoreDefaultValue(bool)

Assigns the DefaultValue of the TextNCWord to its current v and previous v0 values. Depend on the specified show parameter it switches the state to Unchanged or Changed value.

Declaration

public override void RestoreDefaultValue(bool show)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
bool	show	You need to specify "true" if you want to show the TextNCWord on the next call of Out() or Form(). Otherwise you need to specify "false" and it will hide the TextNCWord from the next output.

Overrides

NCWord.RestoreDefaultValue(bool)

Show(string)

Switches the TextNCWord to the Changed state and assigns the specified value to the current v value. It means that the NCWord will output on the next call of Out() or Form().

It doesn't change the previous v0 value of the NCWord.

Declaration

public void Show(string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	value	The value to assign to the current v value of the TextNCWord

ToString()

Converts the current v value of the TextNCWord to the output string using all the rules of formatting like in calls of Out() or Form(). But this method does not check the State of the TextNCWord (changed it or not), so you will get the output string anyway.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
string	Returns the current v value with all the formatting rules defined for the TextNCWord (Address, TailString, TextCase, etc.)

ToString(string)

Converts the specified value to the output string using all the rules of formatting like in calls of Out() or Form(). But this method does not check the State of the TextNCWord (changed it or not), so you will get the output string anyway.

Declaration

public string ToString(string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	value	The value you need to format by the rules of the TextNCWord.

Returns

Type	Description
string	Returns the specified value with all the formatting rules defined for the TextNCWord (Address, TailString, TextCase, etc.).

UpdateState()

Switches the State of the TextNCWord to Changed or Unchanged depend on the current v and previous v0 values. If the values are same then the state will "Unchanged", otherwise it will "Changed".

If the TextNCWord is Disabled or has the AutoUpdateState=false then the method does nothing.

Declaration

public override void UpdateState()

Overrides

NCWord.UpdateState()

Operators

implicit operator string(TextNCWord)

Converts automatically the TextNCWord to its current value.

Declaration

public static implicit operator string(TextNCWord tw)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TextNCWord	tw

Returns

Type	Description
string