Trigger Custom Add-Ins Button through iLogic

[mehatfie]

Hi all,

I'm also trying to find a way to trigger an "Add-Ins" button that we have customized, and have it pop up on the closing of a form.

Please Advise.

Thanks

Mitch

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi mhatfield,

I don't think you can access the button, instead I think you'll want to use AddReference to call the .dll for the addin as in the example below. In this example a .dll for a dialog box is being called.

I'm not sure how much that helps, but you might find more information on this by searching the Inventor Customization forum: 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor-Customization/bd-p/120

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

AddReference "myAddin.dll"

  Using dlg As New myAddin.myAddin_Dialog1
  dlg.d0 = d0
  Dim i As Integer = dlg.ShowDialog()
  if i <> vbOK then return
  d0 =  dlg.d0
 End Using
 iLogicVb.UpdateWhenDone = True

[mehatfie]

Thank you for your help Curtis, I will look into seeing if this works and follow the link you provided for further assistance if needed.

Thanks

Mitch

[mehatfie]

Hi Curtis,

I'm not sure that I actually want to access the button per say, but instead launch the dialog box. I'm not sure if this differs your answer in any way, but I searched the customization forum and found little information.

I found out the name off the .dll for the link, and placed it in the AddReference location which pretty well destroyed all of the rest of my code. So I tried applying the project name in which case an error appeared saying that inventor could not find the library.

Please advise if anyone can provide further assistance.

Thanks

Mitch

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi Hi mhatfield,

I'm not sure I have a much more to offer, but you might create a post on the customization forum asking about this. I'm guessing somone who watches that fourm more, might have a better idea of how to go about this.

 I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com