topic Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action in Inventor Forum

iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

Vagulus — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:15:58 GMT

I have created an iLogic Rule to print a line on my drawing which details who printed it, and when.

This works fine when a new drawing is created, but I need it to run when the drawing is printed so the the drawing produced has updated data.

However, I discover that the values in Custom iProperties update every time I run the rule (what would I expect?) so I am thinking that I need some code to run the rule (there is a snippet for that) when the drawing is printed (I can't find a Snippet for that!).

I am expecting to have to create a second rule to the effect:

If ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.Print Then

iLogicVb.RunRule(SetPrintDetails)

End If

but iLogic doesn't like my conditional

Can someone please tell me what the iLogic trigger is to run the rule when the document is printed.

Even better, could you show me where to find the triggers that are available. If I know that then I won't have to clog up the Forum on similar matters.

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

mdavis22569 — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 02:14:30 GMT

I haven't seen a trigger for printing

but you might be able to incorporate this

ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppFilePrintCmd").Execute

Code came from Curtis

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/ilogic-printing/td-p/3734848

I put it together and it worked for me

odrawdoc=ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
customPropertySet=odrawdoc.PropertySets.Item("Inventor User Defined Properties")
iProperties.Value("Custom", "SavedBy")=ThisApplication.GeneralOptions.Username
iProperties.Value("Custom", "SaveDate")=Now
iProperties.Value("Custom", "SaveTime")=Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss")
InventorVb.DocumentUpdate()

ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppFilePrintCmd").Execute

Copy the rule above ..when you run it ..it'll populate the iproperties and bring up the print box ...

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

mdavis22569 — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 02:22:32 GMT

I just looked ..

It's on the ideastation to have a trigger added for printing. Vote it up ..so they will consider it

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideastation/ilogic-event-trigger-before-print/idi-p/5105480

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

Vagulus — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 06:45:24 GMT

Remember my plea:

"Even better, could you show me where to find the triggers that are available. If I know that then I won't have to clog up the Forum on similar matters"

Well, staring me in the face, on the Ribbon, is a button for "Event Triggers"

It presents a trigger for Before Save Document, and most folks save their work before printing (IMHO: Crazy if you don't! ) so that should update the file before printing which is what I want.

I select Manage Tab

--> iLogic --> Event Triggers

Double-click on "Before Save Document"

--> Check box for my Rule --> OK

Great anticipation

Doesn't work

Does anybody have any idea why it doesn't work?

BTW: It doesn't work for "After Save Document" either - or BOTH!

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

mdavis22569 — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 11:25:22 GMT

Not sure why it doesn't work for you

here is a screencast of me setting up the trigger and it working.....

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

Vagulus — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:51:01 GMT

Hi Mike

I don't get any action out of the 'iTrigger" button - see movie attached.

I did notice, however, that, if I leave the cursor over the button I get the instruction screen which, at the bottom, contains the line "trigger = iTrigger()". Ah Ha! says I. We have a function so I try another way around:

Like much of my code, it gets spat out by the system. Obviously, that's not the way to call iTrigger. I have had a couple of tries with no luck.

Do you have the means to access the function call?

Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

Vagulus — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:53:50 GMT

CURRENT STATE OF PLAY

I have this rule

and I have set these triggers

You can see the date and time in the printed line. Well, that document was opened on1/3/2016 at about 1250 so the Rule wasn't run when the document opened, and it didn't run when I saved the document either

It don'tthink it will be the version of Inventor

but the Rule doesn't run when it should. FTR: it runs perfectly when I close the iLogic browser after editing it.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get it to run?

Thanks

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Re: iLogic Trigger for "Print" action

Vagulus — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 04:30:31 GMT

Things are chaotic.

I don't see me getting back on the trail of this problem before the end of the year.

As someone once said, 'I'll be back!"