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Have a customers machine that i am in the process of converting - laser cutter for cutting blinds
It was using some proprietary software that works quite well but it is written in VB6 which wont work on later windows versions
Is there a version of the Centroid software that would work with XP ?
Geoff

Nope, Windows 10 or 11 only.

gttool wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:53 pm Have a customers machine that i am in the process of converting - laser cutter for cutting blinds
It was using some proprietary software that works quite well but it is written in VB6 which wont work on later windows versions
Is there a version of the Centroid software that would work with XP ?
Geoff

why?

The complementary program was designed to cut fabric for blinds it is actually quite good but programmed in visual basic 6 which only works in XP or 98 ( this was written about 2000 )
have done a basic program that allow the operator to put a width, drop and 0 offset but they want to enter all sizes into a spreadsheet and then be able to place them on the table together ( drag drop to screen )
machine has 3000 x 4800 table
absolutely no option to get them to draw in a cad program and export to the machine .... tried it.. they don't want to know

Does this program output/save a G-code file that can then be run on the machine? If that's the case, there's no need to have this program on the control PC, just save the file and transfer to the control PC.

You can always use VirtualBox in Win 10/11 to run an instance of Win XP for running old programs.

Sword wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:56 am Does this program output/save a G-code file that can then be run on the machine? If that's the case, there's no need to have this program on the control PC, just save the file and transfer to the control PC.

You can always use VirtualBox in Win 10/11 to run an instance of Win XP for running old programs.

yep!

currently running it on a virtual machine
operators are not that smart unfortunately
program worked with a Galil card so the output needs to be modified
Not that simple at 30,000 lines of code
May just get a completely new program written to make it all work on W11
Thanks for the input
Geoff

Post a sample of the code. You might be able to create a NotePad++ macro that could be quickly run on the file to auto edit, add/remove, and save. I do that for laser output from LightBurn.

If you or someone you know are adept at VisualBasic, you might be able to change the output.

Have a guy on it probably just make a new program ,
the codes easy it's the GUI that the fun bit
have a basic program that the operator can enter width drop but they want to be able to enter XXX sizes and then populate it to the cutting area automatically