PyMotorCAD unable to launch new Motor-CAD instance

[jgsdavies]

🔍 Before submitting the issue

• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

🐞 Description of the bug

When "Hide command Window" selected, PyMotorCAD can't launch new Motor-CAD.

The string in C:\Ansys_Motor-CAD\Shared Files\activex.bat changes format so _find_motor_cad_exe() in rpc_client_core.py fails to find the Motor-CAD exe. We need to handle this case.

📝 Steps to reproduce

• Select "Hide command Window"
• Ensure registered version is current version
• Try launch Motor-CAD with pymotorcad.MotorCAD()

💻 Which operating system are you using?

Windows

📀 Which ANSYS version are you using?

No response

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.11

📦 Installed packages

N/A

[vpasagada]

Facing the same issue. Has this been resolved?

[jgsdavies]

Facing the same issue. Has this been resolved?

This has not been resolved yet but you can disable this option in Motor-CAD as it has no impact on behaviour when using PyMotorCAD

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