Starter: Transfer of mapkeys supported

Version 11.0.0.0

As of Creo Parametric version 11.0.0.0, mapkeys (keyboard macros) are no longer read from the file config.pro, but saved in a new, separate mapkey file: mapkeys.pro. The storage location of this file determines whether the mapkeys it contains are used as administrator or user mapkeys.

Location for user mapkeys /
User directory:

%PTC_WF_ROOT%\.Settings\mapkeys.pro

Location for administrator mapkeys /
Administrator directory:

<Installationsverzeichnis> \Common Files\text\ mapkeys.pro

Mapkey files can be located in both directories.

Creo mapkeys dialog as of release 11

Creo mapkeys dialog as of release 11

When Creo Parametric 11.0.0.0 is started for the first time, Creo automatically loads user and administrator mapkeys into the Mapkeys dialog, but does not create a file for administrator mapkeys.

GENIUS TOOLS Starter supports the transfer of mapkeys as follows:

1. User mapkeys are created

Mapkeys from a config.pro file that is located in the start or home directory are written to a mapkey file in the user directory.

2. Administrator mapkeys are created

Mapkeys from a config.pro file that file that is located in the text directory or alternative path are written to the administrator directory.

Mapkeys from a config.sup file are written to the administrator directory.

Please note: As soon as a mapkeys file exists in the user or administrator directory, mapkeys are only read from the Mapkeys.pro file(s), i.e. all mapkey entries in the Config.pro file and the Config.sup file are ignored by Creo Parametric.

3. Transfer of mapkeys can be defined

This transfer supported by GENIUS TOOLS Starter can be defined and switched off in GENIUS TOOLS Project Configurator.

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Go to Configuration > Creo Parametric > Write tab > Write configuration files. If you set the field Config.pro to Yes, the new field Extract mapkeys appears below:

–Leave the default setting at Yes if there are no mapkeys in the file config.sup.

–Select No to disable support by GENIUS TOOLS Starter. Creo then automatically loads user or administrator mapkeys in the Mapkeys dialog, but does not create a mapkeys file for administrators. A message window appears in Creo.

If there are mapkeys in both the config.pro and the config.sup file, select:

–under Config.pro: Yes, extract all

and

–under Config.sup: Yes.