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MechMachineMan
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How to Pass a file to DrawingBaseViewCmd

As the title says I'm wondering how to pass a file to the Control Definition so that it automatically has that file selected to insert in..

 

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DrawingBaseViewCmd 

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Dim oCommandMgr As CommandManager
oCommandMgr = ThisApplication.CommandManager

oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("C:\Some Assembly.iam",True)
oDoc.Close

Dim oControlDef1 As ControlDefinition
 oControlDef1 = oCommandMgr.ControlDefinitions.Item("DrawingBaseViewCmd")
oControlDef1.Execute

 


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Justin K
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