topic Re: Revit App publishing Issue in Revit API Forum

Revit App publishing Issue

Anonymous — Mon, 30 May 2016 11:47:15 GMT

Hello, I want to publish revit app in autodesk app store.There is one question about publishing, that when we create an application we create a ribbon on autodesk revit using api.

I also create a ribbon in revit using api, also give logo for that ribbon. Using following code I create a ribbon and mention the path of the logo which is already stored in my pc.

            RibbonPanel ribbonPanel = application.CreateRibbonPanel("Geometry");
            string thisAssemblyPath = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;

            PushButtonData bOne = new PushButtonData("ButtonNameA", "Quick Join",
            thisAssemblyPath, "QuickJoin.Class1");
            bOne.LargeImage =
               new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"E:\TECHTURE\FINAL ADD-INS BACKUPS\QuickJoin\QuickJoin\bin\Debug\logo.png"));

            PushButton pushButton = ribbonPanel.AddItem(bOne) as PushButton;

While publishing app they give facility for giving logo to the app. Then I want to remove the path of logo from the code.It automatically gibe logo to the ribbon..

Re: Revit App publishing Issue

Anonymous — Tue, 31 May 2016 02:39:25 GMT

The Apps Exchange has me put my support files in a folder called "Resources" under the main app folder. In your case it would be something like this:

= new Uri(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(thisAssemblyPath), "Resources", "LOGO.PNG");

(I would recommend doing all your testing with all your files exactly where your final user will have them.)

Re: Revit App publishing Issue

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:48:00 GMT

Its working..One more question how to write addin file?

I written addin file this is ok or I want to make changes in addin file for exchanging app.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RevitAddIns>
<AddIn Type="Application">
    <Name>XYZ</Name>
    <Assembly>D:\XYZ\XYZ\bin\Debug\XYZ.dll</Assembly>
    <AddInId>fd44aa61-5aa8-4508-9937-4e971415fa75</AddInId>
    <FullClassName>XYZ.Ribbon</FullClassName>
    <VendorId>XYZ</VendorId>
    <VendorDescription>XYZ</VendorDescription>
</AddIn>
</RevitAddIns>

Re: Revit App publishing Issue

Mustafa.Salaheldin — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:05:38 GMT

The assembly path should be relative not absolute.

Re: Revit App publishing Issue

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:16:45 GMT

Then how to give relative path? if we don't know that the executable file in which path.

Re: Revit App publishing Issue

CoderBoy — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:55:09 GMT

Your add-in should be installed in a folder within the Revit add-ins folder (or at the very least on the same drive). For example, if the add-ins folder is here:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2017

and your add-in DLL is installed in this subfolder of that folder:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2017\CTC-BIM-Project-Suite.bundle\Contents

Your add-in file might look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RevitAddIns>
<AddIn Type="Application">
<Name>CTC BIM Project Suite</Name>
<Assembly>CTC-BIM-Project-Suite.Bundle\Contents\CTC.RET.ProjectSuiteExternalApp2017.dll</Assembly>
<AddInId>6066cbf8-9234-41dd-a2a6-c5762d1263ff</AddInId>
<FullClassName>CTC.RET.SuiteExternalApp.App</FullClassName>
<VendorId>CTC</VendorId>
<VendorDescription>CAD Technology Center, Inc. www.cadtechnologycenter.com</VendorDescription>
</AddIn>
</RevitAddIns>

So the path to the DLL is specified as relative to the location of the add-in file, wherever that add-in file is located.

Hope that helps.