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Hi Chris,
Have you tried deleting the page setup before reimporting?
Ed
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Hi clindner,
I am trying to repro in Acad 2016, but this seems to work as expected. Which version are you with ?
Also have you try to delete the Named Page Setup before reimporting the one with same name ?
Cheers, Nicolas
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Thanks for the reply eljobe.
Deleting it manually first works.
The reason I say "manually" is because I've automated our pagesetup importing. It turns out that the problem is with the function being used to delete the pagesetup (DelPageSetup) is not working as expected. Oddly, It deletes the pagesetup from the list of available pagesetups, but any layout tabs that referenced it still shows it as current. See below.
Before running DelPageSetup
After running DelPageSetup.
So, this is a whole 'nuther issue! 🙂 If you have any more reliable code for deleting page setups, LMK.
Thanks!
Chris
Here's my code. It is made up of 2 commands. The first command configures the second and you only have to run it once. This reduces importing to a single click.
using acApp = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application;
using acWin = Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows;
// ImportPageSetupsConfig
/// <summary>
/// Configures setup for the ImportPageSetupsND command.
/// </summary>
[CommandMethod("TID", "ImportPageSetupsConfig", "ImportPageSetupsConfig", CommandFlags.Modal)]
public void ImportPageSetupsConfig()
{
acWin.OpenFileDialog fb = new acWin.OpenFileDialog("Select a File to import page setups from.",
"",
"dwg;dwt",
"ImportPS",
acWin.OpenFileDialog.OpenFileDialogFlags.NoFtpSites |
acWin.OpenFileDialog.OpenFileDialogFlags.NoUrls
);
System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult dr = fb.ShowDialog();
try
{
if (dr != DialogResult.Cancel)
{
// Store the dwg path.
Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingPath = fb.Filename;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
// Read the DWG into a side database
Database sourceDb = new Database(false, true);
sourceDb.ReadDwgFile(fb.Filename,
System.IO.FileShare.Read,
true,
"");
// Get the page setups.
try
{
string[] plotSettingsMS = new string[] { "**none**" };
string[] plotSettingsPS = new string[] { "**none**" };
using (Transaction trans = sourceDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
DBDictionary sourceDict = trans.GetObject(sourceDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DBDictionary;
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in sourceDict)
{
PlotSettings plotSettings = trans.GetObject((ObjectId)(de.Value), OpenMode.ForRead) as PlotSettings;
// Separate MS page setups from PS page setups.
if (plotSettings.ModelType == true)
{
Array.Resize(ref plotSettingsMS, plotSettingsMS.Length + 1);
plotSettingsMS.SetValue(plotSettings.PlotSettingsName, plotSettingsMS.Length - 1);
}
else
{
Array.Resize(ref plotSettingsPS, plotSettingsPS.Length + 1);
plotSettingsPS.SetValue(plotSettings.PlotSettingsName, plotSettingsPS.Length - 1);
}
}
trans.Commit();
}
// Show Dialog with page setup names
// Have the user select a MS config.
TID_.Forms.PageSetups frmPageSetups = new TID_.Forms.PageSetups();
frmPageSetups.SetListItems = plotSettingsMS;
frmPageSetups.SetPrompt = "Select MS page setup.";
dr = acApp.ShowModalDialog(frmPageSetups);
string msPageSetup = frmPageSetups.Selected;
if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
{
Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingMS = frmPageSetups.Selected;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
}
else
{
return; // User cancelled.
}
// Have the user select a PS config.
frmPageSetups.SetListItems = plotSettingsPS;
frmPageSetups.SetPrompt = "Select PS page setup.";
dr = acApp.ShowModalDialog(frmPageSetups);
string psPageSetup = frmPageSetups.Selected;
if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
{
Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingPS = frmPageSetups.Selected;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
}
else
{
return; // User cancelled.
}
}
catch (Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception ex)
{
//Throw Exception or ignore if user cancelled command.
if (ex.ErrorStatus != ErrorStatus.NullObjectId)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error Occured in ImportPageSetupsConfig command. " + ex.Message + ", " + ex.HelpLink, "ImportPageSetupsConfig Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
};
}
}
}
catch (Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error Occured in ImportPageSetupsConfig command. " + ex.Message + ", " + ex.HelpLink, "ImportPageSetupsConfig Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
};
}
// ImportPageSetupsND
/// <summary>
/// Using settings captured by the ImportPageSetupsConfig command, imports page setups
/// from another drawing into the current drawing. ND suffix indicates that No Dialog
/// is used in this command. Besides importing page setups, named views needed for plotting
/// are also imported.
/// </summary>
[CommandMethod("TID", "ImportPageSetupsND", "ImportPageSetupsND", CommandFlags.Modal)]
public void ImportPageSetupsND()
{
try
{
if (Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingPath != "")
{
// Read the DWG into a side database
Database sourceDb = new Database(false, true);
sourceDb.ReadDwgFile(Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingPath,
System.IO.FileShare.Read,
true,
"");
// get the active db.
Database destDb = Active.Database;
using (Transaction destTrans = destDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
// delete existing page setups
DBDictionary destDict = destTrans.GetObject(destDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForWrite) as DBDictionary;
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in destDict)
{
PlotSettings plotSettings = destTrans.GetObject((ObjectId)(de.Value), OpenMode.ForWrite) as PlotSettings;
plotSettings.Erase();
}
// rename existing plot views first in case a layout refers to one
// delete them after importing and setting layout.ViewToPlot to new view
ViewTable destVT = destTrans.GetObject(destDb.ViewTableId, OpenMode.ForWrite) as ViewTable;
foreach (ObjectId dId in destVT)
{
ViewTableRecord dVTR = destTrans.GetObject(dId, OpenMode.ForWrite) as ViewTableRecord;
if (Regex.IsMatch(dVTR.Name, "PLOT"))
{
dVTR.Name = "x" + dVTR.Name;
}
}
using (Transaction sourceTrans = sourceDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
// import template page setups
// Importing page setups also brings in referenced views.
DBDictionary sourceDict = sourceTrans.GetObject(sourceDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DBDictionary;
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in sourceDict)
{
PlotSettings SourcePlotSettings = sourceTrans.GetObject((ObjectId)(de.Value), OpenMode.ForRead) as PlotSettings;
PlotSettings tempPlotSettings = new PlotSettings(SourcePlotSettings.ModelType);
tempPlotSettings.CopyFrom(SourcePlotSettings);
tempPlotSettings.AddToPlotSettingsDictionary(destDb);
destTrans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(tempPlotSettings, true);
}
sourceTrans.Commit();
}
// iterate layouts and set a page setup
DBDictionary LayoutsDict = destTrans.GetObject(destDb.LayoutDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DBDictionary;
foreach (DBDictionaryEntry entry in LayoutsDict)
{
DBDictionary plsDict = destTrans.GetObject(destDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead) as DBDictionary;
ObjectId lid = entry.Value;
Layout lay = destTrans.GetObject(lid, OpenMode.ForWrite) as Layout;
if (lay.ModelType == false) // false = PaperSpace
{
PlotSettings pls = plsDict.GetAt(Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingPS).GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead) as PlotSettings;
lay.CopyFrom(pls);
}
else
{
PlotSettings pls = plsDict.GetAt(Properties.Settings.Default.PlotSettingMS).GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead) as PlotSettings;
lay.CopyFrom(pls);
}
}
// delete existing plot views
foreach (ObjectId dId in destVT)
{
ViewTableRecord dVTR = destTrans.GetObject(dId, OpenMode.ForWrite) as ViewTableRecord;
if (Regex.IsMatch(dVTR.Name, "xPLOT"))
{
dVTR.Erase();
}
}
destTrans.Commit();
Active.Editor.WriteMessage("\nPage setups imported successfully.");
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("You must first run the ImportPageSetupsConfig command.", "ImportPageSetupsND", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
}
}
catch (Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error Occured in ImportPageSetupsND command. " + ex.Message + ", " + ex.HelpLink, "ImportPageSetupsND Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
};
}
Ed
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Since it is a command just use (command "ImportPageSetupND") in your startup lisp.
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