copy block

[Anonymous]

hi,

I am unable to copy a block from one ACAD drawing to another can any one help me on this.

thanks in advance
namrata

[Anonymous]

cut and paste it?

wrote in message news:5007941@discussion.autodesk.com...
hi,

I am unable to copy a block from one ACAD drawing to another can any one
help me on this.

thanks in advance
namrata

[Anonymous]

yah copy and paste using dot net API


regards,
namrata

[Anonymous]

Here's an example to start with.

public void CopyBlock(string sourceFileName, string blockName)
{
try
{
using(Database sourceDatabase =
GetDatabaseFromFile(sourceFileName))
{

HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase.Insert(blockName, sourceDatabase,
false);
}
}
catch (Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception e)
{
//Application.ShowAlertDialog(e.Message);
}
}

public Database GetDatabaseFromFile(string fileName)
{
Database databaseFromFile = new Database(false, true);
databaseFromFile.ReadDwgFile(fileName, System.IO.FileShare.None,
false, null);
return databaseFromFile;
}

--
Bobby C. Jones
http://www.acadx.com

wrote in message news:5007941@discussion.autodesk.com...
hi,

I am unable to copy a block from one ACAD drawing to another can any one
help me on this.

thanks in advance
namrata

[Anonymous]

this code snippet is giving an eror
it says " self refrenced"

[Anonymous]

The example I posted probably isn't what you're looking for and if you used
it to try and copy a block from a drawing into another with the same name,
then I imagine that is the error you would get 🙂

This is the overload of the Insert method that I think you are after.

currentDatabase.Insert(sourceBlockName, destinationBlockName,
sourceDatabase, true);

However, this is creating two btr's. The one with the name provided as the
sourceBlockName parameter is good, but the one provided as the
destinationBlockName is empty and can be purged. I did a quick search on
the ADN site and this was reported a while back. Like in the R2004
timeframe.
--
Bobby C. Jones
http://www.acadx.com


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this code snippet is giving an eror
it says " self refrenced"