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    <title>topic Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6055178#M61906</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi rfink,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Assuming the rule with the error is an internal rule and not an External rule, I think you can use something like this to &lt;STRONG&gt;suppress&lt;/STRONG&gt; a rule of given name, as you edit the document. Make sure to use ActiveEditDocument (rather than ActiveDoucment).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;Auto = iLogicVb.Automation
Dim iLogicAuto As Object
iLogicAuto = Auto
Dim oDoc As Document
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveEditDocument

'get collection of rules
Dim ruleName As String
Dim rules As Object
rules = iLogicAuto.rules(oDoc)

'make sure there are rules in the file
If Not (rules Is Nothing) Then
	For Each rule In rules
	If rule.Name = "MyRule" Then
		'suppress rule
		iLogicAuto.GetRule(oDoc, rule.Name).IsActive = False 
	End If
	Next 
Else
End If&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Or use this to delete the rule:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;Auto = iLogicVb.Automation
Dim iLogicAuto As Object
iLogicAuto = Auto
Dim oDoc As Document
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveEditDocument

'get collection of rules
Dim ruleName As String
Dim rules As Object
rules = iLogicAuto.rules(oDoc)

'make sure there are rules in the file
If Not (rules Is Nothing) Then
	For Each rule In rules
	If rule.Name = "MyRule" Then
		'delete rule
		iLogicAuto.DeleteRule(oDoc, rule.Name)
		
	End If
	Next 
Else
End If&lt;/PRE&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;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Curtis_Waguespack</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-02-24T20:29:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6054508#M61901</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am indexing through&amp;nbsp;folders and opening .dwg files to get the notes and properties and then closing the file with the Inventor&amp;nbsp;API from an Excel VBA project.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I get an Error Dialog because of some Errors in the Ilogic rules.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to ignore the iLogic rules with the API, or to ignore the Error dialog that I get from the .dwg?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6054508#M61901</guid>
      <dc:creator>rfink</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-24T15:05:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6055178#M61906</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi rfink,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Assuming the rule with the error is an internal rule and not an External rule, I think you can use something like this to &lt;STRONG&gt;suppress&lt;/STRONG&gt; a rule of given name, as you edit the document. Make sure to use ActiveEditDocument (rather than ActiveDoucment).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;Auto = iLogicVb.Automation
Dim iLogicAuto As Object
iLogicAuto = Auto
Dim oDoc As Document
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveEditDocument

'get collection of rules
Dim ruleName As String
Dim rules As Object
rules = iLogicAuto.rules(oDoc)

'make sure there are rules in the file
If Not (rules Is Nothing) Then
	For Each rule In rules
	If rule.Name = "MyRule" Then
		'suppress rule
		iLogicAuto.GetRule(oDoc, rule.Name).IsActive = False 
	End If
	Next 
Else
End If&lt;/PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Or use this to delete the rule:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;Auto = iLogicVb.Automation
Dim iLogicAuto As Object
iLogicAuto = Auto
Dim oDoc As Document
oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveEditDocument

'get collection of rules
Dim ruleName As String
Dim rules As Object
rules = iLogicAuto.rules(oDoc)

'make sure there are rules in the file
If Not (rules Is Nothing) Then
	For Each rule In rules
	If rule.Name = "MyRule" Then
		'delete rule
		iLogicAuto.DeleteRule(oDoc, rule.Name)
		
	End If
	Next 
Else
End If&lt;/PRE&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;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6055178#M61906</guid>
      <dc:creator>Curtis_Waguespack</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-24T20:29:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6055320#M61907</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Cutis,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for you help.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;However, I am trying to supress the internal iLogic rules externally using the Inventor API and am making calls from and Excel VBA project.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can't get a reference to iLogicVb.Automation&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any suggestions?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ross&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:09:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6055320#M61907</guid>
      <dc:creator>rfink</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-24T22:09:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057038#M61939</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;you are looking in the wrong direction.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The follow .DLL contain the Ilogic commands and it's not interoperable with COM calls (like Excel VBA)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2015\Bin\Autodesk.Ilogic.Automation.dll"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I suggest you to convert your Vba macro in .NET code, or create an excel addin which work as a bridge between these two applications (Inventor/Excel).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bregs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Rossano Praderi&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:41:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057038#M61939</guid>
      <dc:creator>rossano_praderi</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-25T20:41:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057158#M61941</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Sorry I've forgot the following option&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;Sub IlogicRun()
    Ilogic ("messaggio.txt") ' file rule name
End Sub
Sub Ilogic(rule As String)
    Dim InventorApplication As Inventor.Application
    Set InventorApplication = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")
    Dim iLogicAuto As Object
    Dim oDoc As Inventor.Document
    Set oDoc = InventorApplication.ActiveDocument
    If oDoc Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox ("Missing Inventor Document")
    Exit Sub
    End If
    Set iLogicAuto = GetiLogicAddin(InventorApplication)
    If (iLogicAuto Is Nothing) Then Exit Sub
    exe = iLogicAuto.Automation.RunExternalRule(oDoc, rule)
End Sub
        
Private Function GetiLogicAddin(ByRef InvApp As Inventor.Application) As Inventor.ApplicationAddIn
    Dim addIn As Inventor.ApplicationAddIn
        Set addIn = InvApp.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{3bdd8d79-2179-4b11-8a5a-257b1c0263ac}")
        addIn.Activate
        Set GetiLogicAddin = addIn
End Function&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bregs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Rossano Praderi&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:52:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057158#M61941</guid>
      <dc:creator>rossano_praderi</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-25T21:52:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057161#M61942</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I was afaid that was the case!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the answer!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:54:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6057161#M61942</guid>
      <dc:creator>rfink</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-25T21:54:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6058088#M61966</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Rossano,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was able to connect to the iLogic Extension and disable the document rules.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you know if there is any reference material regarding the object,properties and methods of the iLogic Add In?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for you help.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ross&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6058088#M61966</guid>
      <dc:creator>rfink</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-02-26T13:17:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6205331#M62281</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Ross,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;sorry for the late response.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I didn't find any reference documentation on the net.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The easier way is to use the object explorer of Visual Studio, but this doesn't give you all the required informations.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bregs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Rossano Praderi&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:06:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6205331#M62281</guid>
      <dc:creator>rossano_praderi</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-03-08T20:06:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using the API to ignore iLogic Rules or to ignor Error in Rules dialog</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6401363#M64946</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;should be:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;set rules = iLogicAuto.rules(oDoc)&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:02:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/using-the-api-to-ignore-ilogic-rules-or-to-ignor-error-in-rules/m-p/6401363#M64946</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-06-23T21:02:49Z</dc:date>
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