Sure. We are an injection molding company. We have a UR5 integrated with a vision system to do inspection. Each run of parts has a unique job number, and for the purpose of tracking and logging inspection results, I have a window prompt the operator to enter that job number at the beginning of a run.
Because there are often reasons to stop and restart during the job, it is cumbersome to enter the number every time the program starts. What I wanted to do is have a popup at program start that displays the current job number and asks if it’s correct. If not, a new window comes up where the correct number can be entered.
I found that I couldn’t get a window to display a variable AND a question at the same time. I had to make 3 separate windows to ask the question: 1st one prompts the operator to check the number, they hit OK and the 2nd window shows the number, they hit OK and the 3rd window asks if it was the right number. This approach is cumbersome, so I’m glad you’ve made a popup that will let me reduce it to a single window.
I am so glad to serve you.
When I started using UR, I used multiple pop-up windows on my company production line as well. It was cumbersome for us too, I studied the development of URCaps and developed the function for opening such as custom dialog.
This is exactly what I am looking for.
Are you able to release the code to get the dropdown selection?
I am only just starting to learn Java and cant seem to get a dropdown list to work.