Getting "Inventor.Application" is not defined or not registered correctly.

[santosh-kul]

Hi,

I am trying to access "Inventor.Application" through "COM_connectRunningServer". Below is the sample code for the same.

Dim

inventor AsUser = COM_connectRunningServer_("Inventor.Application")

When I run this through ETO server, I am getting the below error message.

Server "Inventor.Application" is not defined or not registered correctly.

I can run this properly on Inventor + Intent system.

Thanks,

Santosh K.

[raymond.walker]

Hi Santosh,

I think you should use %%InventorApplication instead. That returns a .Net object that you can use to access Inventor. It  will work with both ETO Series and ETO Server.

As to why your call isn't working, I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be suprised if "Inventor.Application" COM access was not supported for Inventor Server. ETO Server makes use of Inventor Server under the covers, it is not full Inventor.

Thanks,

Ray

[santosh-kul]

Hi Ray,

Please find below the rule I am using. I have modified it as per your instructions. However now it shows that "%%InventorApplication" is not defined....

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Rule CreateSAT AsString

Dim inventor AsUser = COM_connectRunningServer_("%%InventorApplication")

Dim OpenDocument AsUser = COM_getProperty_(inventor, "Documents")

Dim i AsInteger

Dim ActiveDocObject1 AsUser

Dim FileName AsString

For i = 1 To length(PartsForOutput)

FileName = outputLocation +

"\SATOutput\" + nth(i,PartsForOutput).DisplayName + ".SAT"

COM_methodcall_( OpenDocument,

"Open",nth(i,PartsForOutput).CacheFileName ,True)

ActiveDocObject1 = COM_getProperty_(inventor,

"ActiveDocument")

COM_methodcall_( ActiveDocObject1,

"SaveAs", FileName ,True)

COM_methodcall_( ActiveDocObject1,

"Close", True)

Next

COM_releaseDispatch_( ActiveDocObject1 )

COM_releaseDispatch_( OpenDocument )

COM_releaseDispatch_( inventor)

Return displayName'

End Rule

Thanks,

Santosh

[Jon.Balgley]

Try something like this:

Design MyInventorUtilities : walkwaysRoot
Method createReportImage() As String
Dim outputFile = "c:\temp\ReportImage.jpg"

Dim view = %%inventorApplication.ActiveView

Dim hasGnomon As Boolean = %%inventorApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator
Dim displayMode = view.DisplayMode
Dim hasGroundShadow As Boolean = view.ShowGroundShadows
Dim hasAmbientShadow As Boolean = view.ShowAmbientShadows
Dim hasObjectShadows As Boolean = view.ShowObjectShadows
'
%%inventorApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = False
'view.ShowGroundShadows = True
view.ShowAmbientShadows = True
view.ShowObjectShadows = True
view.DisplayMode = Inventor.DisplayModeEnum.kRealisticRendering
view.RayTracingQuality=Inventor.RayTracingQualityEnum.kInteractiveRayTracingQuality
'view.GoHome()

Try
view.SaveAsBitmap(outputFile, 1200, 800)
Finally
%%inventorApplication.DisplayOptions.Show3DIndicator = hasGnomon
view.DisplayMode = displayMode
view.ShowGroundShadows = hasGroundShadow
view.ShowAmbientShadows = hasAmbientShadow
view.ShowObjectShadows = hasObjectShadows
End Try

Return outputFile

End Method
End Design

[raymond.walker]

Hi Sanathos

Sorry for the confusion, %%InventorApplication is an Intent Rule of type Inventor.Application, you don't need the COM_Connect or COM_getProperty, or any other COM stuff. Just use it like this:

%%InventorApplication.GeneralOptions.TextSize, %%InventorApplication.Documents, etc. Refer to the Inventor API docs for all the methods available.

Thanks,

Ray

[santosh-kul]

Hi,

%%InventorApplication works on Inventor + Inventor ETO Component machine. However when I tried to use it on ETO Server it gives same error message.

%%InventorApplication is not defined or not registered

Thanks,

Santosh K.

[raymond.walker]

Hi Santosh,

What exactly are you running? Are you running this from the Intent Session Manager service, using the Server Configurator to setup your application? Is this a batch mode application run with InventorETOServer.exe? I'm not sure how either of those contexts could not find Inventor Server but it is a start to begin troubleshooting.

Can you also try to run InventorETOServer -i from the command and report back the results. It is located in the server install "bin" directory.

Thanks,

Ray

[santosh-kul]

Hi Ray,

I am running it on Inventor ETO Server machine with a web UI using the WCF service to start Intent Application.

Thanks,

Santosh

[raymond.walker]

ok, on the server machine please try to run:

InventorETOServer -i

from the command line and report back the results. It is located in the server install "bin" directory. This will tell us if your issue is a general problem with Inventor Server or a problem with the WCF Service.

Thanks,

Ray

[santosh-kul]

Hi Ray,

Please find below the output of "InventorETOServer.exe -i" command.

Thanks,

Santosh K.

[raymond.walker]

Hi Santosh,

ok, that all looks ok. I just tried a very simple test with something like this:

Parameter Rule MyRule as Any = %%InventorApplication.Documents.Count

can you add that rule, evaluate and see what happens? It worked fine for me.

Thanks,

Ray