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[Luigi71]

Hi to all.

I'm trying to save two drawings sequentially with the following code:

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime

Public Class Class1

<CommandMethod("SaveTwoDrawings")> _
Public Sub SaveTwoDrawings()

Dim doc As Document
Dim strDWGName As String
Dim acDocMgr As DocumentCollection = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager
Dim obj As Object

doc = acDocMgr(0)
strDWGName = doc.Name
strDWGName = "c:\MyDrawing#1.dwg"

doc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, True, DwgVersion.Current, doc.Database.SecurityParameters)

doc = acDocMgr(1)
strDWGName = doc.Name
strDWGName = "c:\MyDrawing#2.dwg"

doc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, True, DwgVersion.Current, doc.Database.SecurityParameters)

End Sub
End Class

While the two drawings are correctly saved in the desired position whith the desired names, only the name of the last drawing is updated ("Drawing2.dwg"--->"MyDrawing#2.dwg"), but the name of the first drawing still remains the original assigned by autocad "Drawing1.dwg", the autocad title bar is not updated too.

Some suggestions?

Thanks

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

try to use the "Session"-flag for your command-definition:

   <CommandMethod("SaveTwoDrawings", Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.CommandFlags.Session)> _
   Public Shared Sub SaveTwoDrawings()

      ...

- alfred -

[Luigi71]

Thanks Alfred.

Tried the suggestion, but still not working.

[Luigi71]

Hi Alfred, I modified the code like this (including your suggestion).

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime

Public Class Class1

<CommandMethod("SaveTwoDrawings", CommandFlags.Session)> _
Public Shared Sub SaveTwoDrawings()

Dim doc As Document
Dim strDWGName As String
Dim acDocMgr As DocumentCollection = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager
Dim obj As Object

doc = acDocMgr(0)

acDocMgr.MdiActiveDocument = doc
strDWGName = doc.Name
strDWGName = "c:\MyDrawing#1.dwg"

doc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, True, DwgVersion.Current, doc.Database.SecurityParameters)

doc = acDocMgr(1)

acDocMgr.MdiActiveDocument = doc
strDWGName = doc.Name
strDWGName = "c:\MyDrawing#2.dwg"

doc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, True, DwgVersion.Current, doc.Database.SecurityParameters)

End Sub
End Class

In this case the routine works fine.

It seems that there is a need to make the document active. When the document is active the doc.Name property is updated.

Using Autocad 2010 32bit, Visual Studio Espress 2008