Hi Isaiah,

I have tested this in OpticStudio 20.2.2, and I do not see the same behavior. When I run my macro through the command line, a file is created. If the file already exists, then the contents are edited with the output of my macro. Here is the macro I wrote:

Here are the commands I used in the command line:

Are you using a similar process? Can you let me know what you are writing in the command line? Also, have you been able to get any other macro commands to work through the command line? 

Thanks,

Allie

Hi Allie, 

Thanks for your reply. These are the exact steps I have been using as well unforutnately. I have also added the 'BEEP' command to confirm that the macro has finished running. So, I am able to get other commands to work, but unfortunately not the OUTPUT command. I am running OpticStudio_20.1 though... could this possibly be an issue? 

Hmm... Now I am confused because I was actually able to get your code to save the file from the command line so it must not be a version issue. Here is the code I am using. Do I have the output syntax correct? (The ouput line is in bold to find easier) 


 

! Define initial variables

surfTotalNum = NSUR() # find total number of surfaces


mirror$ = 'MIRROR' # Set mirror string variable


code_coda = OCOD('CODA') # Obtain the code from the Coda Operand

!###################################################################################

!Loop through system and perform calculations

! Also tried puting the output command here

! OUTPUT 'ExampleFile', APPEND  

FOR i, 0, surfTotalNum, 1 

    glassType$ = $GLASS(i) 

    IF (glassType$ $== mirror$)

        ##############################################################################


        !Define Variables


        surf_num = i


        wave_num = 1


        field_num = 1


        px = 0


        py = .5


        ##############################################################################


       

        #calculates S polarization


        v1 = OPEV(code_coda, surf_num, wave_num, field_num, -6, px, py)


        v2 = OPEV(code_coda, surf_num, wave_num, field_num, -7, px, py)


        prod1 = v1 * v1


        prod2 = v2 * v2


        summ_s = prod1 + prod2

        ##############################################################################

        #calculates P polarization


        v1 = OPEV(code_coda, surf_num, wave_num, field_num, 6, px, py)


        v2 = OPEV(code_coda, surf_num, wave_num, field_num, 7, px, py)


        prod1 = v1 * v1


        prod2 = v2 * v2


        summ_p = prod1 + prod2

        ##############################################################################

        summ_tol = summ_p + summ_s


        reflection_tol = summ_tol / 2

        ##############################################################################


        # Use this section for exporting to txt file in proper format

        OUTPUT 'ExampleFile', APPEND  

        print i


        print summ_s


        print summ_p


        print reflection_tol


       

    ENDIF   


NEXT


 

BEEP 

Hi Isaiah,

I did test in 20.1 and can confirm that the method should work there.

Actually, it looks like my code was re-formatted a bit. Whenever we declare a string, it should be surrounded in quotation marks. When I pasted the code here, the quotation marks were switched to apostrophes . Sorry about that! Here is the code as I see it in OpticStudio:

Actually, I just tried to run your code. I think I found the problem! When we run a macro through the command line in the way I presented above, OpticStudio is opened with a blank lens file and then the macro is run. As your code is now, the OUTPUT keyword is within an IF statment which is searching for a MIRROR surface. A blank lens file will not have a MIRROR surface, so everything within the IF statement will be ignored. 

When we use the OUTPUT keyword on line 13 (with the correct formatting), then the file will be created as expected, but it will be blank. 

As a test, add a LOADLENS command to the top of your macro so that the lens file of interest is opened with the macro! Let me know how that works!

Best,

Allie

Oh goodness that was it! Completely forgot to load the lens haha. Thank you so much for your help!!