Running a Perl Script in Arbortext IsoDraw

douglaspaulwade — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:09:45 +0000

Running a Perl script from inside PTC’s Arbortext IsoDraw in a Window’s CMD shell. The example below is very simple but demonstrates what can be done with Perl.

First you will need a Perl program. I will use Hello World printed to screen as an example. Place the following code inside a file called “hello.pl” and save it at C:\hello.pl.

print "Hello World\n";

Second, create a file called “hello.ism“:

MACRO hello
Launch "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" "/k c:\hello.pl"
END MACRO

Here is the syntax: Use the keyword Launch and the path to Window’s command shell. The switch (option) /k keeps the command window open. You can use /c to close the command window, but since we are wanting to see the results printed, we will leave the CMD shell open. Enter the full pathname and Perl file name, (e.g., c:\hello.pl)

Place the “hello.ism” inside the Macros folder. For example, my installation is: C:\Program Files\PTC\Arbortext IsoDraw 7.0\Program\Macros”.

Third, launch IsoDraw. Start > Program Files > PTC > Arbortext IsoDraw 7.0 > Arbortext IsoDraw 7.0

To launch a Perl script from a batch file (.ism), from the menu: Macros > hello.

Hello Macro

The script will run and print the results in an open CMD shell and print “Hello World“.

Perl Results. "Hello World"

Again, this is a simple example but it does show how to launch Perl from IsoDraw.

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Running a Perl Script in Arbortext IsoDraw