Can I get inventor to import an Exported Toolbars setting ?

Can I get inventor to import an Exported Toolbars setting ?

Darkforce_the_ilogic_guy
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Can I get inventor to import an Exported Toolbars setting ?

Darkforce_the_ilogic_guy
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I am working on an program that will make it very easy to update many computer with my custom setting 

 

Toolsbar, Action rules , VBA code and standard seache .

 

But I still need an good way to update my toolbar.  multi PC in the company. it there a way to by Ilogic or VBA to make it import an toolbar setting file ?

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JelteDeJong
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I could not find a way using the api. But you could try to copy the InventorCustomization file.

 

Dim inventorVersion As String = "2020"
Dim destinationPath As String = "c:\temp\"

Dim fileName As String = "InventorCustomization.xml"
Dim appdataPath As String = System.Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%APPDATA%")
Dim lastPartPath As String = String.Format("Autodesk\Inventor {0}", inventorVersion)
Dim fullSourcePath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(appdataPath, lastPartPath, fileName)
Dim fullDestinationPath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(destinationPath, fileName)

If (System.IO.File.Exists(fullSourcePath)) Then
    ' copy the customization file to a save location
    System.IO.File.Copy(fullSourcePath, fullDestinationPath, True)
Else
    MsgBox("could Not find customization file")
End If

' do something else

' and return the customization file to its original location
System.IO.File.Copy(fullDestinationPath, fullSourcePath, True)

 

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Darkforce_the_ilogic_guy
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I know this ... but the problem is that inventor save the current setting over the file when you close it . so you will still have the same settings as before when you open inventor again.

 

 

I might be able to do want you are saying  outside of inventor.  but I would like to do it all by one click in inventor if it is possible... So I can ask one user to try first ... to test that may update does not **** anything up ... and the aske the reste in a  day or two  to update ther inventor as well if no problem was fund

 

 

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