Accoreconsole and multisheet PDF publishing

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I have created a .NET dll to publish multisheet PDF using 

Autodesk.AutoCAD.Publishing.Publisher publisher = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.Publisher;

But I can not use this dll in the accorconsole.exe because above publisher class is in the acmgd.dll (UI related) obviously program/process crashes on the 

publisher.PublishExecute(dsdData, pc); line execution.

Please suggest workaround to publish multisheet PDF without using acmgd.dll classes to use in accorconsole.exe process

Thanks in advance, 

[Anonymous]

Can any expert guide on this. Thanks in advance.

[_gile]

Hi,

Maybe you can use the -PUBLISH command in the accoreconsole passing it a DSD file (not tested).

You can write the DSD file by code (see the TryCreateDSD(), CreateDsdEntryCollection() and PostProcessDsd() private methods in the MultiSheetsPdf class).

[Virupaksha_aithal · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can reuse some of the code available in http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2012/05/how-to-use-autodeskautocadpublishingpublisherpublishex... .

Example, below code do not need reference to acmgd.dll

static public void PublishTest()
{
    DsdEntryCollection collection = new DsdEntryCollection();

    Database db = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;
    string filename = db.Filename;

    using (Transaction Tx = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
    {
        System.Collections.Generic.List<ObjectId> ids = getLayoutIds(db);

        foreach (ObjectId layoutId in ids)
        {
            Layout layout = Tx.GetObject(
                layoutId,
                OpenMode.ForRead)
                    as Layout;

            DsdEntry entry = new DsdEntry();

            entry.DwgName = filename;
            entry.Layout = layout.LayoutName;
            entry.Title = layout.LayoutName;
            entry.NpsSourceDwg = entry.DwgName;
            entry.Nps = "Setup1";

            collection.Add(entry);
        }

        Tx.Commit();
    }

    DsdData dsdData = new DsdData();

    dsdData.SheetType = SheetType.MultiPdf;
    dsdData.ProjectPath = "C:\\Temp";

    //Not used for "SheetType.SingleDwf"
    //dsdData.DestinationName = dsdData.ProjectPath + "\\output.dwf";

    dsdData.SetDsdEntryCollection(collection);

    string dsdFile = dsdData.ProjectPath + "\\dsdData.dsd";

    //Workaround to avoid promp for dwf file name
    //set PromptForDwfName=FALSE in dsdData
    //using StreamReader/StreamWriter

    if (System.IO.File.Exists(dsdFile))
        System.IO.File.Delete(dsdFile);

    dsdData.WriteDsd(dsdFile);

    System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(dsdFile);
    string str = sr.ReadToEnd();
    sr.Close();

    str = str.Replace(
        "PromptForDwfName=TRUE", "PromptForDwfName=FALSE");

    System.IO.StreamWriter sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(dsdFile);
    sw.Write(str);
    sw.Close();

    dsdData.ReadDsd(dsdFile);
    System.IO.File.Delete(dsdFile);

    using (PlotConfig plotConfig = Autodesk.AutoCAD.PlottingServices.PlotConfigManager.SetCurrentConfig("DWG To PDF.pc3"))
    {

        Autodesk.AutoCAD.Publishing.Publisher publisher =
            Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.Publisher;

        publisher.PublishExecute(dsdData, plotConfig);
    }
}

private static System.Collections.Generic.List<ObjectId>
    getLayoutIds(Database db)
{
    System.Collections.Generic.List<ObjectId> layoutIds =
        new System.Collections.Generic.List<ObjectId>();

    using (Transaction Tx = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
    {
        DBDictionary layoutDic = Tx.GetObject(
            db.LayoutDictionaryId,
            OpenMode.ForRead, false)
                as DBDictionary;

        foreach (DBDictionaryEntry entry in layoutDic)
        {
            layoutIds.Add(entry.Value);
        }
        Tx.Commit();
    }

    return layoutIds;
}

[Anonymous]

Hello Gile and Virupaksha,

Thanks for the reply. I could successfully run the script and produce the PDF with publisher (of accoremgd.dll) but when I use by calling accoreconsole.exe it produces the PDF as expected but crashes AutoCAD after that. Please find attached image of crash. 

1) Does Autodesk.AutoCAD.Publishing.Publisher publisher = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.Publisher; can not use in accoreconsole calling? Because it show progress bar in normal autocad dll usage

Please see attached crash image file.

2) How to use -PUBLISH with .dsd file 

Please guide on this as everything works fine if I comment 'publisher.PublishExecute(dsdData, plotConfig);' line. Am I missing any system variable settings to print without UI? I also set Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.SetSystemVariable("BACKGROUNDPLOT", 1);

I don't understand what am I doing wrong. 

Thanks,

Pushpak

[Anonymous]

Update to above problem. I have removed cr/lf at the end of .scr file which solves my autocad/accoreconsole crash issue. 

Thanks to Gile and Virupaksha for helping on this.

Cheers,

[Anonymous]

its an good artical , its help me lot to generate multi sheet pdf using AutoCAD self pc3 files , its working fine for me.

but when I tried to use third party pdf printer (adobe pdf .pc3) I getting issues while publishing.

my code is as below,

My CODE sample : CreateDSDFile("Test.dsd");

using (DsdData dsdDataFile = new DsdData())

{       

            dsdDataFile.ReadDsd("c:\\Test.dsd");        // Get the Adobe PDF.pc3 and use it as a device override for all the layouts       

            PlotConfig acPlCfg = PlotConfigManager.SetCurrentConfig("Adobe PDF.pc3");

            Application.Publisher.PublishExecute(dsdDataFile, acPlCfg);

}

Error  :

 This is the error:

 Category name:
 Page setup: 1 As To 2 A3 PDF
 Device name: DWG To PDF.pc3
 Plot file path: D:\A3 PDF-1 As To 2 .dwg

 ERROR: Internal Error: Null Pointer

 ERROR: Unable to open the DWF6 ePlot.pc3 file. You can recreate it with Add Plotter.

Test.dsd file content:

[DWF6Version]
Ver=1
[DWF6Sheet:Drawing-Model]
DWG=D:\Drawing.DWG
Layout=Model
Setup=1 As To 2 A3 PDF|D:\A3 PDF-1 As To 2 .dwg
[DWF6Sheet:Drawing1.DWG-Model]
DWG=D:\Drawing1.DWG
Layout=Model
Setup=1 As To 2 A3 PDF|D:\A3 PDF-1 As To 2 .dwg
[DWF6Sheet:Drawing2.DWG-Model]
DWG=D:Drawing2.DWG
Layout=Model
Setup=1 As To 2 A3 PDF|D:\A3 PDF-1 As To 2 .dwg
[Target]
Type=6
DWF= D:\DrawingPackage.pdf
OUT=D:\
PWD=