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    <title>topic Re: user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952621#M152349</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6379855"&gt;@tucker.smithAKU2X&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remove the declaration of variable name. Or set them equal to the parameter. As it is this is setting up a variable name with no assigned value.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Code with local parameter as values.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI-CODE lang="general"&gt;'machineName = "PRESS"
'machineNumber = 103 ul
'workCenterNumber = 6310 ul

Dim machineName As String = machineName

Dim machineNumber As String = machineNumber

Dim workCenterNumber As String = workCenterNumber

ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(machineNumber &amp;amp; machineName &amp;amp; ".stl" , True)
 &lt;/LI-CODE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 19:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-05-09T19:58:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952507#M152348</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;this code works to save my file as an stl, but the only thing i see in windows explorer is a file that is created as just .stl. i know i have values in my parameters, but i do not know why it won't pass it to actually create a file name. code is&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'machineName = "PRESS"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'machineNumber = 103 ul&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'workCenterNumber = 6310 ul&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt;  

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;workCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SaveAs&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;".stl"&lt;/SPAN&gt; , &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 19:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952507#M152348</guid>
      <dc:creator>tucker.smithAKU2X</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-09T19:15:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952621#M152349</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6379855"&gt;@tucker.smithAKU2X&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remove the declaration of variable name. Or set them equal to the parameter. As it is this is setting up a variable name with no assigned value.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Code with local parameter as values.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;LI-CODE lang="general"&gt;'machineName = "PRESS"
'machineNumber = 103 ul
'workCenterNumber = 6310 ul

Dim machineName As String = machineName

Dim machineNumber As String = machineNumber

Dim workCenterNumber As String = workCenterNumber

ThisDoc.Document.SaveAs(machineNumber &amp;amp; machineName &amp;amp; ".stl" , True)
 &lt;/LI-CODE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 19:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952621#M152349</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-09T19:58:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952677#M152350</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;It still saves as just .stl with no file name.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tuckersmithAKU2X_0-1683663688935.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1212436i20931CA94427E141/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="tuckersmithAKU2X_0-1683663688935.png" alt="tuckersmithAKU2X_0-1683663688935.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'machineName = "PRESS"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'machineNumber = 103 ul&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;'workCenterNumber = 6310 ul&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;workCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;workCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;ThisDoc&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Document&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;SaveAs&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;workCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;".stl"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 20:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952677#M152350</guid>
      <dc:creator>tucker.smithAKU2X</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-09T20:22:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952902#M152352</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6379855"&gt;@tucker.smithAKU2X&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just tested this so either change the variable name or remove the variable like below.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remove String variable&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;MessageBox&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Show&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;".stl"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;"Title"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;Change String variable name&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;smachineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;machineName&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;smachineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;machineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN&gt;Dim&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;sworkCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;As&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;String&lt;/SPAN&gt; = &lt;SPAN&gt;workCenterNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN&gt;MessageBox&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;SPAN&gt;Show&lt;/SPAN&gt;(&lt;SPAN&gt;smachineNumber&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;smachineName&lt;/SPAN&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;SPAN&gt;".stl"&lt;/SPAN&gt;, &lt;SPAN&gt;"Title"&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 22:22:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11952902#M152352</guid>
      <dc:creator>A.Acheson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-09T22:22:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: user parameter not going to file name when using SaveAS</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11954898#M152394</link>
      <description>Thank you so much for your help!</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 16:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/user-parameter-not-going-to-file-name-when-using-saveas/m-p/11954898#M152394</guid>
      <dc:creator>tucker.smithAKU2X</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-10T16:48:43Z</dc:date>
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