Change active Project File (ipj) via vb.net

[Anonymous]

Hi to anyone,

We want to make sure, that everyone here in the company works with the same working environment in Inventor (we're using the version Inventor Suite 2010).

In the meanwhile, I can start Inventor via vb.net and can also set the paths and settings we need in the program.

"Problem" 1: What I'm still missing is the knowledge, how I can change the project file at the startup to a defined one.

The [...].GeneralOptions.StartupProjectFileName doesn't work as I think it has to work 🙂 I want to change the project in the active session and don't want to start Inventor twice or more times 🙂

So I need some help here. I want to say at the start of Inventor: Start with this ipj-file and clear the shown projects.

"Problem" 2: I also don't know the way to change the templates to our template files. In the english version the templates all have the name "standard" in other languages it could be some different e.g. "norm". I don't want to change 2 or more templates here. So it would be nice, if we can say: The standard template has to be redirected to BlaBla.ipt

In the moment, I have removed the standard templates to provide the users from using the "wrong" templates. But that could not be the perfect way.

Thanks to all of you and I appreciate any help.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I found the answer for the first Problem:

[...].FileLocations.FileLocationFile = "c:\BlaBla.ipj"

It wasn't easy to think, of the possibility, that the project filess has nothing to do in the .net with "project" in the methods-name.

I have to think around and then I have the idea to searching for a word, that describes what the project file is and it is only a file location indicator ~puh~

So, there's still the "Problem" left with the Template-Files 😉

Best Regards

Passi