Issue with Images

Anonymous · ‎05-30-2012

Hello,

I am having an issue when running a command that I created to copy page setups from one drawing to other drawings.

this command also sets a selected page setup current for those drawings.

I ran the command and tested it and all seemed to work fine however I had a snag that if the drawing I was copying to had images they would get removed. I then re did my code and tested and I have seemed to resolve the issue.

This is the interesting part is that I gave this command to a co-worker to use and when they use it, it is still removing the images from the drawings that they are copying the page setups to.

on my computer it works fine, on theirs it will remove the images

can someone give some input on what is causing this issue. my code is posted below.

Code:

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.PlottingServices
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class ListDwgs
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
    Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        Try
            If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        Finally
            MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
        End Try
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
    Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Dim resources As System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager = New System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(GetType(ListDwgs))
        Me.adddwg = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.copy = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.Cancel = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.ListBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
        Me.MenuStrip1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip
        Me.Settings1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
        Me.MenuStrip1.SuspendLayout()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'adddwg
        '
        Me.adddwg.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(11, 274)
        Me.adddwg.Name = "adddwg"
        Me.adddwg.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23)
        Me.adddwg.TabIndex = 1
        Me.adddwg.Text = "Add DWGs"
        Me.adddwg.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
        '
        'copy
        '
        Me.copy.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(226, 274)
        Me.copy.Name = "copy"
        Me.copy.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23)
        Me.copy.TabIndex = 2
        Me.copy.Text = "Copy"
        Me.copy.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
        '
        'Cancel
        '
        Me.Cancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
        Me.Cancel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(459, 274)
        Me.Cancel.Name = "Cancel"
        Me.Cancel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23)
        Me.Cancel.TabIndex = 3
        Me.Cancel.Text = "Cancel"
        Me.Cancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
        '
        'ListBox1
        '
        Me.ListBox1.FormattingEnabled = True
        Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 27)
        Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1"
        Me.ListBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(527, 238)
        Me.ListBox1.TabIndex = 5
        '
        'MenuStrip1
        '
        Me.MenuStrip1.Items.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem() {Me.Settings1})
        Me.MenuStrip1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
        Me.MenuStrip1.Name = "MenuStrip1"
        Me.MenuStrip1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(547, 24)
        Me.MenuStrip1.TabIndex = 6
        Me.MenuStrip1.Text = "MenuStrip1"
        '
        'Settings1
        '
        Me.Settings1.Name = "Settings1"
        Me.Settings1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(61, 20)
        Me.Settings1.Text = "Settings"
        '
        'ListDwgs
        '
        Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
        Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(547, 309)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.ListBox1)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Cancel)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.copy)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.adddwg)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.MenuStrip1)
        Me.Icon = CType(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon"), System.Drawing.Icon)
        Me.Name = "ListDwgs"
        Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
        Me.Text = "Copy Page Setups to Drawings"
        Me.MenuStrip1.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.MenuStrip1.PerformLayout()
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
        Me.PerformLayout()

    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents adddwg As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents copy As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents Cancel As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox
    Private Sub adddwg_click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles adddwg.Click
        Dim ofd As New Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
        ofd.Multiselect = True
        ofd.DefaultExt = "dwg"
        ofd.ShowDialog()
        Dim fname As String = ofd.FileName
        For Each fname In ofd.FileNames
            ListBox1.Items.Add(fname)
        Next
    End Sub
    Private Sub copy_click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles copy.Click
        Try
            Dim psdb As New Database(False, True)
            psdb.ReadDwgFile(My.Settings.PSDwg, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndReadShare, False, "")
            Using trans As Transaction = psdb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction
                For Each item In ListBox1.Items
                    Dim db As New Database(False, False)
                    db.ReadDwgFile(item.ToString, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, False, "")
                    Using trns As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction
                        Dim psd As DBDictionary = trans.GetObject(psdb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead)
                        Dim id As ObjectId
                        Dim pd As DBDictionary = trns.GetObject(db.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead)
                        For Each entry As DBDictionaryEntry In pd
                            pd.UpgradeOpen()
                            pd.Remove(entry.Value)
                            pd.DowngradeOpen()
                        Next
                        For Each psent As DBDictionaryEntry In psd
                            id = psd.GetAt(psent.Key)
                            Dim ps As PlotSettings = id.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead)
                            Using curps As PlotSettings = New PlotSettings(False)
                                curps.CopyFrom(ps)
                                curps.AddToPlotSettingsDictionary(db)
                                curps.DowngradeOpen()
                            End Using
                        Next
                        Dim pid As ObjectId
                        pid = pd.GetAt(My.Settings.PSSet)
                        Dim psn As PlotSettings = DirectCast(pid.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead), PlotSettings)
                        Dim psl As PlotSettings = New PlotSettings(False)
                        psl.CopyFrom(psn)
                        Dim bt As BlockTable = DirectCast(db.BlockTableId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTable)
                        Dim btr As BlockTableRecord = DirectCast(bt(BlockTableRecord.PaperSpace).GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTableRecord)
                        Dim lyobjId As ObjectId = (btr.LayoutId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead).ObjectId)
                        Dim lytps As PlotSettings = DirectCast(lyobjId.GetObject(OpenMode.ForWrite), PlotSettings)
                        lytps.CopyFrom(psl)
                        trns.Commit()
                    End Using
                    db.SaveAs(item.ToString, DwgVersion.Current)
                    db.CloseInput(True)
                    db.Dispose()
                Next
            End Using
            psdb.CloseInput(True)
            psdb.Dispose()
        Catch ex As System.Exception
            MsgBox(vbLf & ex.Message)
        End Try
        Me.Close()
    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents MenuStrip1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip
    Friend WithEvents Settings1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem
    Private Sub settings1_click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Settings1.Click
        Dim setngs As New Form2
        setngs.ShowDialog()
    End Sub
End Class

Anonymous · ‎05-30-2012

DUH!! Stupid Moment.

Sorry for the waste of a post, but the code that I posted works fine.

It turns out that on the other persons computer the dll that handles the command was not getting updated with the revised one, because I was copying it to the wrong location.

Note:

Always make sure you are copying the revised file to the correct location.

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