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iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

Jason.Rugg — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:45:54 GMT

I have the following code that uses "CutePDF Writer" to quickly generate a PDF drawing. I am unable to get it to come out Black & White though, it always comes out in color.

Any suggestions?

'[
Dim oDrgDoc As DrawingDocument
oDrgDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

' Set reference to drawing print manager' DrawingPrintManager has more options than PrintManager' as it's specific to drawing document
Dim oDrgPrintMgr As DrawingPrintManager
oDrgPrintMgr = oDrgDoc.PrintManager
' Set the printer name' comment this line to use default printer or assign another one
oDrgPrintMgr.Printer = "CutePDF Writer"

'Set the paper size , scale and orientation
oDrgPrintMgr.ScaleMode = kCustomScale
oDrgPrintMgr.ScaleMode = PrintScaleModeEnum.kPrintBestFitScale
oDrgPrintMgr.PaperSize = PaperSizeEnum.kPaperSizeLedger
'oDrgPrintMgr.PaperSize = 14338
oDrgPrintMgr.PrintRange = kPrintCurrentSheet
oDrgPrintMgr.Orientation = kLandscapeOrientation
'oDrgPrintMgr.PaperSource = 2
oDrgPrintMgr.AllColorsAsBlack = True
oDrgPrintMgr.SubmitPrint
']

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

HermJan.Otterman — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:38:48 GMT

hello,

this VBA code is from the Inventor API help, maybe you can use this..

Public Sub PublishPDF()
    ' Get the PDF translator Add-In.
    Dim PDFAddIn As TranslatorAddIn
    Set PDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}")

    'Set a reference to the active document (the document to be published).
    Dim oDocument As Document
    Set oDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    Dim oContext As TranslationContext
    Set oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext
    oContext.Type = kFileBrowseIOMechanism

    ' Create a NameValueMap object
    Dim oOptions As NameValueMap
    Set oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap

    ' Create a DataMedium object
    Dim oDataMedium As DataMedium
    Set oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium

    ' Check whether the translator has 'SaveCopyAs' options
    If PDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDocument, oContext, oOptions) Then

        ' Options for drawings...

        oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0

        'oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 0
        'oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 400
        'oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = kPrintAllSheets
        'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2
        'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4

    End If

    'Set the destination file name
    oDataMedium.FileName = "c:\temp\test.pdf"

    'Publish document.
    Call PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium)
End Sub

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

Jason.Rugg — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 17:14:45 GMT

@HermJan.Otterman This code fails immediately, doesn't do anything for me.

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

HermJan.Otterman — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:41:37 GMT

it is VBA code, you need to alter some small things if you want to use it in iLogic

so this works in iLogic:

  Public Sub main
        ' Get the PDF translator Add-In.
        Dim PDFAddIn As TranslatorAddIn
        PDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}")

        'Set a reference to the active document (the document to be published).
        Dim oDocument As Document
        oDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

        Dim oContext As TranslationContext
        oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext
        oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism

        ' Create a NameValueMap object
        Dim oOptions As NameValueMap
        oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap

        ' Create a DataMedium object
        Dim oDataMedium As DataMedium
        oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium

        ' Check whether the translator has 'SaveCopyAs' options
        If PDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDocument, oContext, oOptions) Then

            ' Options for drawings...

            oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0

            'oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 0
            'oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 400
            'oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = kPrintAllSheets
            'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2
            'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4

        End If

        'Set the destination file name
        oDataMedium.FileName = "c:\temp\test.pdf"

        'Publish document.
        PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium)

    End Sub

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

chandra.shekar.g — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:46:41 GMT

@Jason.Rugg,

Minor correction in @HermJan.Otterman iLogic code(oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1)

Public Sub main
        ' Get the PDF translator Add-In.
        Dim PDFAddIn As TranslatorAddIn
        PDFAddIn = ThisApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{0AC6FD96-2F4D-42CE-8BE0-8AEA580399E4}")

        'Set a reference to the active document (the document to be published).
        Dim oDocument As Document
        oDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

        Dim oContext As TranslationContext
        oContext = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateTranslationContext
        oContext.Type = IOMechanismEnum.kFileBrowseIOMechanism

        ' Create a NameValueMap object
        Dim oOptions As NameValueMap
        oOptions = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap

        ' Create a DataMedium object
        Dim oDataMedium As DataMedium
        oDataMedium = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateDataMedium

        ' Check whether the translator has 'SaveCopyAs' options
        If PDFAddIn.HasSaveCopyAsOptions(oDocument, oContext, oOptions) Then

            ' Options for drawings...

            oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 1

            'oOptions.Value("Remove_Line_Weights") = 0
            'oOptions.Value("Vector_Resolution") = 400
            'oOptions.Value("Sheet_Range") = kPrintAllSheets
            'oOptions.Value("Custom_Begin_Sheet") = 2
            'oOptions.Value("Custom_End_Sheet") = 4

        End If

        'Set the destination file name
        oDataMedium.FileName = "c:\temp\test.pdf"

        'Publish document.
        PDFAddIn.SaveCopyAs(oDocument, oContext, oOptions, oDataMedium)

    End Sub

Thanks and regards,

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

Jason.Rugg — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:52:22 GMT

@chandra.shekar.g @HermJan.Otterman I took both sets of your code and pasted them into new illogic rules exactly as is and neither one of them output a B&W pdf, they both come out in color.

Attached is the drawing file I am working with.

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

chandra.shekar.g — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:57:37 GMT

@Jason.Rugg,

To address this issue, a change request (INVGEN-27370) is created with engineering team.

Thanks and regards,

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

Jason.Rugg — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:41:46 GMT

@chandra.shekar.g So are you acknowledging that there definitely an issue here that needs resolved and that change request has been created?

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

sebastien.forman — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:07:53 GMT

Hello, try to remove picture from your drawing (KCI and Whirlppol) for me this line work

oOptions.Value("All_Color_AS_Black") = 0 '(or 1)

Re: iLogic Code for PDF - Wont Accept Black & White (CutePDF Writer)

Jason.Rugg — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:37:46 GMT

@sebastien.forman No, this does not work for me either. I removed everything from the drawing except for the drawing views and it still outputs in color.