TBC Macros and Extensions

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Quan Mueller
Revenant Solutions - TML Development
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In case you were wondering...

If you use the TbcMacros project template in Visual Studio (that's installed with the Macros SDK), the MyFirstMacro.py file has not been updated for v2023.10.

It is still very old... without modifications,
TBC v5.00.2 = it loads
TBC v5.1x, v5.2x, v5.3x = I don't have them installed to test
TBC v5.41 and beyond = it doesn't load

Hopefully someone on the dev team updates it at some point... in the meantime, you can look at the v5.90 samples that are linked on this community's homepage.

Hi Quan,

The TBC Macros release for 2023.10 has the updated project templates for Visual Studio 2019. The template zip is removed and reinstalled during installation so the latest template should be available (Documents/Visual Studio 2019/Templates/ProjectTemplates/TbcMacros.zip). 

The two major changes this last release within the project template was the addition of the "Trimble.Sdk.UI" project reference and migration of a number of lower-level controls to the "Trimble.Sdk.UI"

Let me know where you are seeing the issue and maybe we can find a solution why the project template is not updating. 

In case you were wondering...

If you use the TbcMacros project template in Visual Studio (that's installed with the Macros SDK), the MyFirstMacro.py file has not been updated for v2023.10.

It is still very old... without modifications,
TBC v5.00.2 = it loads
TBC v5.1x, v5.2x, v5.3x = I don't have them installed to test
TBC v5.41 and beyond = it doesn't load

Hopefully someone on the dev team updates it at some point... in the meantime, you can look at the v5.90 samples that are linked on this community's homepage.

Hi Bryce,

My apologies. I use Visual Studio 2022, and my instructions for testing a new TBC SDK missed an important step: copying the updated TbcMacros.zip from the VS2019 folder to the folder for VS2022 - and importantly, verifying that the project template cache used by VS has been cleared.

In my case, even with the new .zip copied, my cache still had the old files from the original TML release (v5.00), so no matter what I "installed", it looked like the MyFirstMacro.py file had never changed.

Having addressed that, I carefully re-tested the MyFirstMacro.py from the v5.90 SDK and the v2023.10 SDK and found:

Both loaded in: v5.00.2, v5.52, v5.60.2, v5.70.1, v5.81, v5.90

The file from v5.90 SDK did not load in:
v5.41 (line 66, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")

The file from v2023.10 SDK did not load in
v5.41 (line 69, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")
v2023.10 (line 69, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")

The issue for v5.41 (in both SDKs) is that the code that adds the reference to Trimble.Vce.UI.UIManager got moved lower, and so the code for handling  v5.40 did not have access to that assembly reference.  It eventually tries to make imports (on line 66) from the original v5.00 locations - and errors one last time.

The issue for v2023.10 is that ControlBoolean is still in Trimble.Sdk.Interfaces.UI, so the updated MyFirstMacro.py tries to load it from Trimble.Sdk.UI and fails.  A cascade of failed imports eventually results in line 69, where it tries to make imports from the original v5.00 locations - and errors one last time.

I have edited my above message with fixes.
If you can fix/re-post the 2023.10 SDK, I'd be happy to re-test it and re-edit my message.

Thanks,

Hi Quan,

The TBC Macros release for 2023.10 has the updated project templates for Visual Studio 2019. The template zip is removed and reinstalled during installation so the latest template should be available (Documents/Visual Studio 2019/Templates/ProjectTemplates/TbcMacros.zip). 

The two major changes this last release within the project template was the addition of the "Trimble.Sdk.UI" project reference and migration of a number of lower-level controls to the "Trimble.Sdk.UI"

Let me know where you are seeing the issue and maybe we can find a solution why the project template is not updating. 

In case you were wondering...

If you use the TbcMacros project template in Visual Studio (that's installed with the Macros SDK), the MyFirstMacro.py file has not been updated for v2023.10.

It is still very old... without modifications,
TBC v5.00.2 = it loads
TBC v5.1x, v5.2x, v5.3x = I don't have them installed to test
TBC v5.41 and beyond = it doesn't load

Hopefully someone on the dev team updates it at some point... in the meantime, you can look at the v5.90 samples that are linked on this community's homepage.

Thanks for your insights Quan.

The reason we haven't added the TBCMacros template to VS2022 is that IronPython support was dropped in this version. For now, the recommendation is to continue to use VS2019 as the support is a little better when it comes from a development standpoint.

I will let you know when I make the necessary changes to get the SDK MyFirstMacro.py updated with the correct namespace for ControlBoolean. 

Bryce

Hi Bryce,

My apologies. I use Visual Studio 2022, and my instructions for testing a new TBC SDK missed an important step: copying the updated TbcMacros.zip from the VS2019 folder to the folder for VS2022 - and importantly, verifying that the project template cache used by VS has been cleared.

In my case, even with the new .zip copied, my cache still had the old files from the original TML release (v5.00), so no matter what I "installed", it looked like the MyFirstMacro.py file had never changed.

Having addressed that, I carefully re-tested the MyFirstMacro.py from the v5.90 SDK and the v2023.10 SDK and found:

Both loaded in: v5.00.2, v5.52, v5.60.2, v5.70.1, v5.81, v5.90

The file from v5.90 SDK did not load in:
v5.41 (line 66, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")

The file from v2023.10 SDK did not load in
v5.41 (line 69, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")
v2023.10 (line 69, "ImportError: Cannot import name MousePosition")

The issue for v5.41 (in both SDKs) is that the code that adds the reference to Trimble.Vce.UI.UIManager got moved lower, and so the code for handling  v5.40 did not have access to that assembly reference.  It eventually tries to make imports (on line 66) from the original v5.00 locations - and errors one last time.

The issue for v2023.10 is that ControlBoolean is still in Trimble.Sdk.Interfaces.UI, so the updated MyFirstMacro.py tries to load it from Trimble.Sdk.UI and fails.  A cascade of failed imports eventually results in line 69, where it tries to make imports from the original v5.00 locations - and errors one last time.

I have edited my above message with fixes.
If you can fix/re-post the 2023.10 SDK, I'd be happy to re-test it and re-edit my message.

Thanks,

Hi Quan,

The TBC Macros release for 2023.10 has the updated project templates for Visual Studio 2019. The template zip is removed and reinstalled during installation so the latest template should be available (Documents/Visual Studio 2019/Templates/ProjectTemplates/TbcMacros.zip). 

The two major changes this last release within the project template was the addition of the "Trimble.Sdk.UI" project reference and migration of a number of lower-level controls to the "Trimble.Sdk.UI"

Let me know where you are seeing the issue and maybe we can find a solution why the project template is not updating. 

In case you were wondering...

If you use the TbcMacros project template in Visual Studio (that's installed with the Macros SDK), the MyFirstMacro.py file has not been updated for v2023.10.

It is still very old... without modifications,
TBC v5.00.2 = it loads
TBC v5.1x, v5.2x, v5.3x = I don't have them installed to test
TBC v5.41 and beyond = it doesn't load

Hopefully someone on the dev team updates it at some point... in the meantime, you can look at the v5.90 samples that are linked on this community's homepage.