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Okay, I finally got it to work 
. I created a class called CADStatus (this may change) to implement the events formentioned. BTW, I had posted something with ADN just in case and they sent the sample code for working with the EnteringQuiescentState event. What I found out (when testing your theory last night (just using message boxes in the event handlers) is that even though my sending commands is synchronous, the commands don't get sent until after the command is finished. This is why no matter what I did, I was still seeing an infinite loop. It's because the commands couldn't be sent until the current command was over and the current command was keeping AutoCAD from becoming quiescent.
Anyways, this time the main command is simply populating a generic queue collection property with the reference objects used to manage the script properties, then when it's finished, the quiescent event triggers and in the handler I check to see if there's any scripts to run in the queue. If so, pop one off and run it by calling a second command. This keeps it separated nicely. Here's a copy of what I've used to accomplish this if anyone is interested. And thanks for everyone's responses!
Oh yeah, if anyone sees where I should handle this more efficiently, please don't hesitate to speak up... I feel like I stay in novice-land.
In the command class:
private static Queue<CommandFile> _CommandsQueue = new Queue<CommandFile>();
public static Queue<CommandFile> CommandsQueue
{
get { return _CommandsQueue; }
set { _CommandsQueue = value; }
}
[CommandMethod("BatchScriptRun")]
public void TVAPrint()
{
IAppConfig appConfig = ConfigInfo.ConfigInstance;
CommandManager commandManager = CommandManager.CmdControllerInstance;
foreach (ScriptItem ScriptItem in appConfig.Scripts)
{
CommandsQueue.Enqueue(new CommandFile(ScriptItem.Department, ScriptItem.DisplayName, ScriptItem.FullFilePath, ScriptItem.Type));
}
}
[CommandMethod("RunQueuedScript")]
public void RunQueuedScript()
{
CommandManager commandManager = CommandManager.CmdControllerInstance;
CommandFile commandFile=CommandsQueue.Dequeue();
commandManager.Run(commandFile);
}
And now the CADStatus class...
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput;
[assembly: ExtensionApplication(typeof(TVA.Utility.BatchMan.CADStatus))]
namespace TVA.Utility.BatchMan
{
class CADStatus : IExtensionApplication
{
private bool _IsQuiescent = false;
public bool IsQuiescent
{
get { return _IsQuiescent; }
}
void IExtensionApplication.Initialize()
{
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentBecameCurrent += new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentBecameCurrent);
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentToBeDeactivated += new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDeactivated);
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentToBeDestroyed += new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDestroyed);
Document activeDoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
activeDoc.Editor.EnteringQuiescentState += new EventHandler(ed_EnteringQuiescentState);
activeDoc.Editor.LeavingQuiescentState += new EventHandler(ed_LeavingQuiescentState);
}
void DocumentManager_DocumentBecameCurrent(object sender, DocumentCollectionEventArgs e)
{
Editor ed = e.Document.Editor;
ed.EnteringQuiescentState += new EventHandler(ed_EnteringQuiescentState);
ed.LeavingQuiescentState += new EventHandler(ed_LeavingQuiescentState);
}
void DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDeactivated(object sender, DocumentCollectionEventArgs e)
{
Editor ed = e.Document.Editor;
ed.EnteringQuiescentState -= new EventHandler(ed_EnteringQuiescentState);
ed.LeavingQuiescentState -= new EventHandler(ed_LeavingQuiescentState);
}
void DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDestroyed(object sender, DocumentCollectionEventArgs e)
{
Editor ed = e.Document.Editor;
ed.EnteringQuiescentState -= new EventHandler(ed_EnteringQuiescentState);
ed.LeavingQuiescentState -= new EventHandler(ed_LeavingQuiescentState);
}
void ed_EnteringQuiescentState(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Editor ed = sender as Editor;
this._IsQuiescent = true;
if (CADCommands.CommandsQueue.Count > 0)
{
Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.SendStringToExecute("RunQueuedScript\n", true, false, true);
}
}
void ed_LeavingQuiescentState(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Editor ed = sender as Editor;
this._IsQuiescent = false;
}
void IExtensionApplication.Terminate()
{
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentBecameCurrent -= new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentBecameCurrent);
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentToBeDeactivated -= new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDeactivated);
Application.DocumentManager.DocumentToBeDestroyed -= new DocumentCollectionEventHandler(DocumentManager_DocumentToBeDestroyed);
}
}
}
