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    <title>topic to search a part based on partnumber in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;iam looking for an ilogic to open the part from a project location base on its partnumber&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>formobalaji</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-12-25T09:42:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>to search a part based on partnumber</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12461217#M161931</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;iam looking for an ilogic to open the part from a project location base on its partnumber&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12461217#M161931</guid>
      <dc:creator>formobalaji</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-12-25T09:42:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: to search a part based on partnumber</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12461741#M161932</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;You can type the partnumber in the searchbox in the Inventor Assembly browser. No code needed....&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://youtu.be/kequNEtPE9A?si=4J15aBB94XNsSIbw" target="_blank"&gt;https://youtu.be/kequNEtPE9A?si=4J15aBB94XNsSIbw&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 21:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12461741#M161932</guid>
      <dc:creator>bradeneuropeArthur</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-12-25T21:16:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: to search a part based on partnumber</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12462220#M161935</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/14224084"&gt;@formobalaji&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Maybe something like this would work. This rule will expect to find a part number "1234" in a part file in the project folder. This rule is untested so you might find errors. Post back with the error messages on the more info tab.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI-CODE lang="visual-basic"&gt;Dim prjfolder As String = ThisApplication.DesignProjectManager.ActiveDesignProject.WorkspacePath &amp;amp; "\")
Dim projectDir As New IO.DirectoryInfo(prjfolder)

Dim workFiles As String() = projectDir.GetFiles("*.ipt")
Dim doc As Document
For Each fi As String In workFiles 

	doc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(fi,False)
	
	Try
		
		Dim designProp As PropertySet = invDoc.PropertySets.Item("Design Tracking Properties")
		Dim partNo as String  = designProp.Item|("Part Number").Value
		If partNo = "1234" Then
			Logger.Info("Found partNo : " &amp;amp; partNo,)
		End If
	Catch ex as Exception
		Logger.Info(ex &amp;amp; "-" &amp;amp; "Error Getting Part Number",)
	End Try

Next&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:57:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12462220#M161935</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-12-28T16:57:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: to search a part based on partnumber</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12465892#M161978</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/14224084"&gt;@formobalaji&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here is a a quick update to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7946284"&gt;@A.Acheson&lt;/a&gt;'s example.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When I tested his version, my project didn't have a workspace, so this version handles that and uses the project file folder.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This version also closes the opened files, and opens the file with the target part number visibly.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I hope this helps.&lt;BR /&gt;Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,&lt;BR /&gt;Curtis&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;prjfile&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;DesignProject&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DesignProjectManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;ActiveDesignProject&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;prjfolder&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;prjfile&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;WorkspacePath&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;"\"&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;prjfolder&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;"\"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;prjfolder&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;IO&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Path&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;GetDirectoryName&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;prjfile&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;FullFileName&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;projectDir&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;New&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;IO&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;DirectoryInfo&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;prjfolder&lt;/SPAN&gt;)

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;workFiles&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;IEnumerable&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;Of&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt;) 
&lt;SPAN&gt;workFiles&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;IO&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Directory&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;EnumerateFiles&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;prjfolder&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;"*.ipt"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, 1) &lt;SPAN&gt;'1 searches subfolders, use 0 for top level only&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;targetdoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;For&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Each&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;fi&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;In&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;workFiles&lt;/SPAN&gt;

	&lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Documents&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Open&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;fi&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;False&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
	&lt;SPAN&gt;Logger&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Info&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"File Opened : "&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;fullfilename&lt;/SPAN&gt;)

	&lt;SPAN&gt;Try&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;designProp&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;PropertySet&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;PropertySets&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Item&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Design Tracking Properties"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
		&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;partNo&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;designProp&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Item&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Part Number"&lt;/SPAN&gt;).&lt;SPAN&gt;Value&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;partNo&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;"1234"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
			&lt;SPAN&gt;Logger&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Info&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"Found partNo : "&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;partNo&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
			&lt;SPAN&gt;'open visibly&lt;/SPAN&gt;
			&lt;SPAN&gt;targetdoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisApplication&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Documents&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Open&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;fi&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
		&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;Catch&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;ex&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Exception&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;Logger&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Info&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;ex&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Message&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;"-"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;"Error Getting Part Number"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
	&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Try&lt;/SPAN&gt;

	&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Not&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Is&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;And&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Not&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Is&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;targetdoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt;
		&lt;SPAN&gt;Logger&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Info&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;"File Closed : "&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;fullfilename&lt;/SPAN&gt;)
		&lt;SPAN&gt;doc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Close&lt;/SPAN&gt;
	&lt;SPAN&gt;End&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt;

	&lt;SPAN&gt;If&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Not&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;targetdoc&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Is&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Nothing&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Then&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Exit&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;Sub&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;' quit looking for files if target is found&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;Next&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/to-search-a-part-based-on-partnumber/m-p/12465892#M161978</guid>
      <dc:creator>Curtis_Waguespack</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-12-28T16:35:38Z</dc:date>
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