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iDrop creating text label in autocad instead of actual drawing
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04-15-2008 05:21 PM
We have a website and from most idrop machines it works fine. I have a few machines though where the chair sample from the autodesk site works but not the links from our site. The link on our site will show the iDrop icon and the xml looks good but when I drag it into autocad (2005 LT), it just creates a text label of what the url link is to the xml file.
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04-16-2008 07:10 AM in reply to:
happyfirst
You have a path problem for the drawing and XML file.
If you fix the path problem it will work.
Sem
If you fix the path problem it will work.
Sem
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04-16-2008 11:42 AM in reply to:
happyfirst
Why would it work on some computers then and NOT others?
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04-16-2008 01:13 PM in reply to:
happyfirst
If it work on other computer learn the path properly and try to implement on the one that do not work.
It is very good to understand then you will build confidence to implement properly.
Let me give you the idea how i-drop is working.
The ActiveX object read your XML parameter and take that value and FTP the DWG file and when the mouse reach to AutoCAD application it execute the autoCAD command "INSERT".
That is it.
Your part is to put the XML parameter and let the XML file know where the HTML file is.
Good luck
Sem
It is very good to understand then you will build confidence to implement properly.
Let me give you the idea how i-drop is working.
The ActiveX object read your XML parameter and take that value and FTP the DWG file and when the mouse reach to AutoCAD application it execute the autoCAD command "INSERT".
That is it.
Your part is to put the XML parameter and let the XML file know where the HTML file is.
Good luck
Sem
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04-16-2008 05:01 PM in reply to:
happyfirst
But the path to the drawing file is going to be the exact same from any computer! I don't implement anything on the client PCs! They get the xml file from the server and the link will always be the same.
We're hosting the dwgs on a public website. So if on one PC it works and the xml file properly describes the path to the dwg file, what would cause it not to work on another PC? It's still going to be the exact same xml.
We're hosting the dwgs on a public website. So if on one PC it works and the xml file properly describes the path to the dwg file, what would cause it not to work on another PC? It's still going to be the exact same xml.
