topic Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched? in Revit API Forum

Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

dantartaglia8696 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:24:41 GMT

Hi,

I do not think this is possible but I will ask anyway:

I have the need to know if a external command is in use by our users. This is not a custom tool but one purchased. If I use Dynamo as an example, I'm pretty sure I can use user32.dll's FindWindow() to determine if the Dynamo window is open. Is there anything in the Revit API that can determine if/when any external command is executed?

Thanks,

Dan

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

Revitalizer — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:39:43 GMT

Hi,

you could analyze the Journal file.

Revitalizer

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

dantartaglia8696 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:53:02 GMT

Yea, I thought about that. We are extracting a lot of Metrics from Revit, it may not be much of a performance hit but I'll have to test that approach.

Thanks,

Dan

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

Revitalizer — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:55:38 GMT

Hi,

this may fit your needings, too:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/02/automation-ribbon-panel-itemexecuted-and-vacation.html

Revitalizer

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

dantartaglia8696 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:23:46 GMT

Thanks, not sure how I missed that article.

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

Revitalizer — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:59:43 GMT

Hi,

thank you for tagging your own answer as the solution although somebody else gave you the hints...

Revitalizer

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

dantartaglia8696 — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:07:41 GMT

Sorry about that, didn't mean to tag credit.

Re: Is there a way to know if an external command has been launched?

Revitalizer — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:06:05 GMT

Thank you for correction!

Revitalizer