Changing drawings during a command

[RLARXMAN]

Hello,
I am using an ARX command that gets data from the active document, switches to another document with setCurDocument, locks that document for write, does some work there, unlocks it. So far so good. The problem is that setCurDocument makes the second document the active document. That is not supposed to happen per the ARX literature. I really don't need it to be the active document. If I try to set the original document back as active document the the program does not work as far as modifying the second document. So as it is now, the program stops with the second document as active. It has done its work. I can switch to a third document fine, but when I try to back to the original document (not under program control), AutoCAD bombs out. I can go to any other open document, but when I go back to the document that I originally invoked the command from it will bomb. I have gone through the ObjectARX help files several times but I feel like there is something subtle I am missing here. Is anyone familiar enough with MDI to tell me what I am not doing right?

Thanks,

Rollin

[RLARXMAN]

Problem solved! Actually, I found out what I needed to do to get it to work. First, I was actually activating the second drawing with a true argument in setCurDocument(). Then also I had to use setCurDocument again when I was done in the second drawing to set the original drawing back as current. When I did that, everything works fine.

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I give my command in the active document, and switch to another document using setCurDocument. My problem is, when i execute the acedcommand in the second document that is not active,the acedcommand is not executed.
Do anyone give me an idea to solve this

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[Anonymous]

Can you post the code you are using to do this? It's much easier to figure out what is wrong that way.

[Anonymous]

The following raises an exception and the AutoCAD crashes.

AcGePoint3d center(2,2,0);

pDocumentIterator = acDocManagerPtr()->newAcApDocumentIterator();
for( i=1;!pDocumentIterator->done();pDocumentIterator->step(),i++)
{
pDocument = pDocumentIterator->document();
res = acDocManager->setCurDocument(pDocument, AcAp::kWrite,false);
if(acedCommand(RTSTR, "_.CIRCLE", RT3DPOINT, center,RTREAL , 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)
acutPrintf(_T("success!!"));
res = acDocManager->unlockDocument(pDocument);
}
delete pDocumentIterator;

[Anonymous]

> The following raises an exception and the AutoCAD crashes.

If this is for AutoCAD 2007 or later, then the second argument in your
call to acedCommand must be a Unicode string. 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com

[Anonymous]

still AutoCAD crashes...

[Anonymous]

> still AutoCAD crashes...

Your center point argument is also the wrong type: it should be of type
ads_point. 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com

[Anonymous]

Hi Owen,
Sometime you just have to spell it out like this!

if(acedCommand(RTSTR, _T("_.CIRCLE"), RT3DPOINT, asDblArray(center), RTREAL
, 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)


Regards Gary.

[Anonymous]

Gary:

But then you have to do it over and over again. Better to teach a man to
fish... 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com


"Gary D'Arcy" wrote in message
news:5744360@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Owen,
Sometime you just have to spell it out like this!

if(acedCommand(RTSTR, _T("_.CIRCLE"), RT3DPOINT, asDblArray(center), RTREAL
, 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)


Regards Gary.

[Anonymous]

Good answer (and the right one!)



"Owen Wengerd" wrote in message
news:5744695@discussion.autodesk.com...
Gary:

But then you have to do it over and over again. Better to teach a man to
fish... 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com


"Gary D'Arcy" wrote in message
news:5744360@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Owen,
Sometime you just have to spell it out like this!

if(acedCommand(RTSTR, _T("_.CIRCLE"), RT3DPOINT, asDblArray(center), RTREAL
, 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)


Regards Gary.

[Anonymous]

EMD1954,

Thanks,

I'll make sure you get the rod next time you fish!

Regards Gary.


"EMD1954" wrote in message
news:5745047@discussion.autodesk.com...
Good answer (and the right one!)



"Owen Wengerd" wrote in message
news:5744695@discussion.autodesk.com...
Gary:

But then you have to do it over and over again. Better to teach a man to
fish... 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com


"Gary D'Arcy" wrote in message
news:5744360@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Owen,
Sometime you just have to spell it out like this!

if(acedCommand(RTSTR, _T("_.CIRCLE"), RT3DPOINT, asDblArray(center), RTREAL
, 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)


Regards Gary.

[Anonymous]

Sorry you feel that way. I meant it as a positive response.



"Gary D'Arcy" wrote in message
news:5745536@discussion.autodesk.com...
EMD1954,

Thanks,

I'll make sure you get the rod next time you fish!

Regards Gary.


"EMD1954" wrote in message
news:5745047@discussion.autodesk.com...
Good answer (and the right one!)



"Owen Wengerd" wrote in message
news:5744695@discussion.autodesk.com...
Gary:

But then you have to do it over and over again. Better to teach a man to
fish... 🙂
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com


"Gary D'Arcy" wrote in message
news:5744360@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Owen,
Sometime you just have to spell it out like this!

if(acedCommand(RTSTR, _T("_.CIRCLE"), RT3DPOINT, asDblArray(center), RTREAL
, 1.0, RTNONE)==RTNORM)


Regards Gary.