Import PageSetups

Import PageSetups

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Import PageSetups

Anonymous
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Hello everybody,

 

I am trying to import a page setup into the active drawing; the code works fine but I get an error when trying to save the file: Error writing/closing file. I've attached the code, can someone help me? I need to run the code in batch mode. I've tried different ways of saving but I get the same error.

 

Thanks,

 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

I haven't tried anything of your code, but wondering about these things (I would avoid):

  • Why do you lock the document twice (in ActiveDrawingImportPageSetups and in CopyPageSetup)
  • What is the TransAction tr in ActiveDrawingImportPageSetups for? You do your transaction-handling in the subroutine already and I don't see any reason for this one (and so for nested transactions).
  • Why do you use COM-object-handling (through PropertyDefinitions of Interop.AcadDocument) for saving, why don't you just use the db.SaveAs version?

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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Hi Alfred,

 

thanks for your quick answer; I had the extra transaction because I had different pagesetups, for model and paper and some layouts were not initialized so I had to make them active and then import the pagesetup. Anyway, I've updated and attached the sample code; it gives me the same error. My feeling is that I am missing something when using the source database.

 

Thanks for helping.

 

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Anonymous
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Ok, I've made a shorter version of the code, and I don't know why I cannot save the file. I've tried to also run the command in application context.

 

Thanks for any suggestion.

 

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