The PCI first initialises a new EdgeCAM operation using %INITOPERATION. A variable name is defined and this is used as reference to the operation in subsequent steps. A name for this operation is also given.
In the PCI this appears as:
%INITOPERATION=OperationId=Rough Face Mill,EdgeOp.hlp,10021
OperationId is the PCI variable used to identify the operation.
“Rough Face Mill” is the textual name of the operation. This string is also used as the title of the operation dialog when displayed to the user and for the name of the operation displayed in the EdgeCAM operations list.
EdgeOp.hlp is the name of the help file to be used to display context sensitive help. This will be located in the language directory in the normal way.
10021 is the help context ID for this command.
The help file name and the context ID are optional parameters.