Changing the displayname using Apprentice Server (Inventor 2011)

[IQUADRATAG]

Hello,

I'm using Apprentice Server to change the display name of components. My code:

objInvDoc = objapprenticeServerApp.Open(strFileName)
objInvDoc.DisplayName = strDisplayName

Something odd happens: I have two parts, last saved with exactly the same Inventor-Build (2011 SP1 (Build 150282100, 282)). After changing the displayname of these two parts, the debugger shows the correct value for the DisplayName-Attribute. But when I open the files, Inventor displays the correct value for one file, but not for the other. In the corrupted file, the old value is displayed.

Does anyone knows about this behaviour?

Thank you in advance

Christian

[adam.nagy]

Hi,

I've found this other thread which talks about some issues with the DisplayName: http://208.74.205.69/t5/Inventor-Customization/DisplayName-won-t-return-Extension/td-p/2653335

I wonder if here as well setting the DisplayName to "" before setting it to the value you want would put things right.

Cheers, 

[IQUADRATAG]

Hi Adam,

thank you for the link. The DisplayName-Attribute shows the filename (default) after setting it to "" but Inventor still shows the old value. I'm not able to figure out, where Inventor takes this value from. I also tried to migrate the file to Inventor 2013 but I have the same issue with this version. 

Btw: The file was orignally created with Inventor 2008 and then migrated to 2011. 

Greetings,

Christian