Mapkey logging

[proedude]

All -

I am curious if anyone has found an unobtrusive way to log mapkey use. I simply want name of the mapkey logged to a file each time the mapkey is activated by a user.

[MikeLockwood]

Don't know if you can, but if a mapkey can be made to do something on a network drive that could be collected that would be a way to approach. Maybe there could be one file or folder on a network drive for each mapkey, and the mapkey could have a bit of code that would do this..

We sort of have need for this also - would be nice to have a good way.

Just a thought: Example - A mapkey could include a step for: Info / Session Info / Message log, then Save As, then select the appropriate network location, then fill in the filename with the mapkey name.

Or - Could use Bill Kunz' approach and just remove them one at a time and see who screams 🙂

[llie]

Mike,

Here a mapkey called es_pdf, but I can't get it to write to a UNC path like
\garm\ptc_apps\ptc\mapkey_logging\Usage_Log.txt

All you have to do is add the two lines in blue to your existing mapkeys
and change the name (highlighted in red) in the second blue line to match
the name of the mapkey.



mapkey es_pdf @MAPKEY_NAMECreats pdfs;@MAPKEY_LABELpdf creator;\
mapkey(continued) @SYSTEMSET \
mapkey(continued) UseLog=C:\Users\1035729\ptc\mapkey_logging
\Usage_Log.txt\nECHO \
mapkey(continued) \%USERNAME\%,\%DATE\%,\%TIME\%,es_pdf >> \%UseLog\%;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Command `ProCmdModelMkPdf` ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `intf_pdf` `PDFMainTab`1 `PDFContent`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `intf_pdf` `pdf_font_stroke`1
`pdf_stroke_all`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `intf_pdf` `pdf_btn_ok`;



If anyone can get to write out to an UNC or DFS path, please share it with
us.

Thank you,

Lance J Lie
Information Technology
SAS IT Info. Solutions App. Eng.
Space and Airborne Systems
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From: "Lockwood,Mike,IRVINE,R&D" <mike.lockwood@alconlabs.com>

[MikeLockwood]

This mapkey seems to work perfectly to backup the current file (File, Backup), writing to the "V" network drive.

mapkey $F1 @MAPKEY_LABELMonitor;~ Command `ProCmdModelBackup` ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Move `file_saveas` `file_saveas`2 9.783133 5.060241 ;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `file_saveas` `Location Browser`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Close `file_saveas` `Location Browser`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `M_pfafs:drives`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Close `file_saveas` `Location Browser`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `v:`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `v:`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `4_Misc`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `4_Misc`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Select `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `Mike`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `ph_list.Filelist`1 `Mike`;\
mapkey(continued) ~ Activate `file_saveas` `OK`;

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Seems that some code could be added to identify the mapkey name, instead of actually backing up the file - I just used that to see the result of writing to a network drive from within Pro/E.

From: Lance J Lie [

2000 E. El Segundo Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245 USA
www.raytheon.com

From: "Lockwood,Mike,IRVINE,R&D" <mike.lockwood@alconlabs.com>

[TomU]

There was a thread back in January on this exact same subject. There seemed to be two basic approaches. 1.) Pass the name of the mapkey to a batch file at the beginning of each mapkey and let the batch file do the logging, or 2.) create a custom logging command in J-Link and then make sure that command is added to the beginning of every mapkey.

Tom U.