get Common File location using Toolkit API

[Praveen2]

I am using Creo Parametric Release 10.0 and Datecode10.0.3.0
I want to get the tolerance table files which are inside “<Creo Common Files>\tol_tables\iso"

How to get Creo Common File location using PTC pro Toolkit API?

[Catalina]

Hi @Praveen2 

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[MichaelW]

To get Creo Parametric built in environment variable CREO_COMMON_FILES (only available from current Creo session):

1. Home > Utilities > Open System Window
2. Type: set CREO_COMMON_FILES <Enter>
   • Example: CREO_COMMON_FILES=C:\Program Files\PTC\Creo 10.0.3.0\Common Files
3. Type: ​​​​​​​Exit <Enter> to return to Creo

Details and other workarounds (Windows Registry, Creo support.inf, Session Environment Variable)

• CS440311 How to obtain the Creo "Common Files" folder location in Creo Parametric

Application through Creo Toolkit:

• For the above technique based on Environment Variables, there is no Toolkit API supported.
• Use generic C code instead: getenv()
• Details: CS429062 How to get/read or set/write a Windows environment variable through Toolkit in Creo Parametric

[RPN]

Using Common File is probably not a good idea, I don‘t the exact option name but you can get the path if you read the config option in session .

ProError ProConfigoptSet (ProName option,
ProPath option_value );

and

ProError ProConfigoptionGet (ProName option,
ProPath option_value );

ProConfigoptArrayGet (ProName option, ProPath** value_array);
/*

Purpose: Retrieves the current value for the specified configuration file
option. This function supports multi-string options
(e.g. search_path). Note: Use this function instead of
ProConfigoptGet() while retrieving the value of an option that may
have multiple values or a path-length string.

I‘m sure that there is an option where you can read the tolerance folder from.