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Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

faugustom — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:48:51 GMT

Hi all;

I'm new in programming; know only the very basics;

My goal is to edit the project details in AutoCAD Architecture using a tool palette;
Form my little knowledge, I have an empty palette set with this files;

- MyPaletteSet.cs;
- MyCommands.cs;

My questions are:
- How and where to load the apj file;
- How to show a especifique detail, like this:

in a textbox field, then change it and save back to APJ file;

@Ed__Jobe, I was asking in the AUGI forum (https://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?67326-ACA-2008-Project-Details&p=1354550#post1354550); It would be a similar program, but running on the palette;

Thanks'

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

Ed__Jobe — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:06:08 GMT

If i remember right, the apj file is just an xml file with the extension renamed. You would need an api for the project similar to the SheetSet api. I haven't used ACA for years, and I don't have it installed so I can't tell you if an api is available. But since it's an xml, you could create your own api to read/write the apj. I think that ACA installs some dll's and COM type libraries, so you could look there for an apj api.

回复： Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

Gepaha — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:32:52 GMT

Add reference to "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD xxxx\ACA\AecProjectBaseMgd.dll".
using Autodesk.Aec.Project;

Example in "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD xxxx\Sample\CS.NET\AecProjectBaseSampleMgd".

This is old so it may have changed:

Autodesk.Aec.Project – The main project class.
Autodesk.Aec.ProjectBaseManager – The system wide Project Manager. This contains many utility methods to manipulate projects.
Autodesk.Aec.ProjectBaseServices – A helper class used to obtain the single ProjectBaseManager object.
Autodesk.Aec.ProjectConfiguration – Contains information about the project (such as the name, description, and number).

UI Interaction from API requires the use of commands:

_AecProjectNavigator – This a documented command that will display the project navigator palette. If there is no “current” project, the command will also run the Project Browser dialog.
_AecRefreshProject – This refreshes mainly the palette. Note that the API has a different method to reload a project, but is different than this command. This command does the same as the refresh project button on the palette.
_AecSetCurrentProject – This is currently the only way to properly set a project as current from the API.
_AecCloseProjectNavigator – Closes the project navigator palette. Note it only closes the dialog and the same project is still open and current.
_AecProjectNavigatorToggle – Simply toggles the project navigator palette on or off.

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

faugustom — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:25:35 GMT

Some progress...

Using this code from another thread, I can read the first details of the firt section:

public static string GetDetailValue() { ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; ProjectFileName projectFileName = projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); string returnValue = string.Empty; foreach (ProjectStringProperty stringProp in activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties) { string a = stringProp.Name; foreach (StringPair strpair in stringProp.StringPairs) { string b = strpair.Left; string c = strpair.Right; returnValue = String.Concat(a, b, c); return returnValue; } return returnValue; } return returnValue; }

The foreach functions weall, but I want to access each item individually;

Somehow, I have to access the ProjectStringProperty from activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties, an then strpair from stringPair... but I didn't discovered how it is indexed...

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

Ed__Jobe — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:33:28 GMT

Download Notepad++ and open the apj file and select xml as the format. Then you can read the sections.

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

Gepaha — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:26:12 GMT

Analyzing the code you go through only one loop. Use "return returnValue;" only at the end.

public static void ListProjectDetails() { Editor ed = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor; ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); foreach (ProjectStringProperty stringProp in activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties) { foreach (StringPair strpair in stringProp.StringPairs) { ed.WriteMessage($"\nName: {stringProp.Name}, Left: {strpair.Left}, Right: {strpair.Right}"); } } }

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

faugustom — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:29:35 GMT

Ok, now I'm able to read the details contents by their index (inside []):

public static string GetDetailValue() { ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; ProjectFileName projectFileName = projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); ProjectStringProperty stringProp = (ProjectStringProperty)activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties[0]; StringPair strpair = (StringPair)stringProp.StringPairs[1]; string a = stringProp.Name; string b = strpair.Left; string c = strpair.Right; return String.Concat(a, b, c); }

Next steps are:
- put this values in a text field;
- save back the changes made in the palette;

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

faugustom — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:38:21 GMT

Ok, text box done; showing correct value:

* the label texts will be hardcoded, I don't need to edit then;

code for now, using only right side of the detail:

public static string GetDetailValue(int _prop,int _pair) { ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; ProjectFileName projectFileName = projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); ProjectStringProperty stringProp = (ProjectStringProperty)activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties[_prop]; StringPair strpair = (StringPair)stringProp.StringPairs[_pair]; return strpair.Right; }

Next step, save back changes in the text field 😅

Re: Edit APJ details (Autocad Arch.) in a new palette

faugustom — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:30:12 GMT

Ok, it's done!

1. read the APJ file and print the result in a text box:

MyCommands.cs

public static string GetDetailValue(int _prop, int _pair) { ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); ProjectStringProperty stringProp = (ProjectStringProperty)activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties[_prop]; StringPair strPair = (StringPair)stringProp.StringPairs[_pair]; return strPair.Right; }

Palette.Designer.cs

// textBox_0_1 ... this.textBox_0_1.Name = "textBox_0_1"; this.textBox_0_1.Text = MyCommands.GetDetailValue(0,1);

2. Saving the changes to APJ file:

MyCommands.cs:

public static void SetDetailValue(int _prop, int _pair, string _right) { ProjectBaseManager projectManager = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager; Project activeProj = projectManager.OpenProject(OpenMode.ForRead, projectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path); projectManager.UpgradeOpen(activeProj); ProjectStringProperty stringProp = (ProjectStringProperty)activeProj.Configuration.StringProperties[_prop]; StringPair strPair = (StringPair)stringProp.StringPairs[_pair]; string _left = strPair.Left; StringPair newPair = new StringPair(_left, _right); stringProp.StringPairs.RemoveAt(_pair); stringProp.StringPairs.Insert(_pair, newPair); if (activeProj.IsUpdateProjectFileNeeded) { ProjectFile prjFile = new ProjectFile(activeProj); prjFile.DrawingFullPath = ProjectBaseServices.Service.ProjectManager.CurrentProjectFileName.Path; bool b = activeProj.UpdateFile(prjFile); activeProj.UpdateProjectInformationInDwg(prjFile); } bool isGoodSave = projectManager.SaveProject(activeProj); projectManager.DowngradeOpen(activeProj); }

Palette.Designer.cs

// textBox_0_1 ... this.textBox_0_1.LostFocus += new System.EventHandler(this.textBox_0_1_TextLostFocus);

Palette.cs

private void textBox_0_1_TextLostFocus(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { string _value = textBox_0_1.Text; MyCommands.SetDetailValue(0,1,_value); }