capture addin events

[omartin]

Is it possible to capture when an addin starts / stops? Or when an addin starts / stops a specific command?

I have been looking in the event watcher and it seems like the transactionEvents only triggers a reaction.

ex: on commit, property edit, kbefore/after.

I want check for what addin caused the event, and if it is from a specific addin, do something once the event is complete.

[Jef_E]

What event are you willing to monitor ?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

@omartin

Hi,

Yes:

 Public Sub Activate(ByVal addInSiteObject As Inventor.ApplicationAddInSite, ByVal firstTime As Boolean) Implements Inventor.ApplicationAddInServer.Activate
'YOUR CODE HERE LIKE MESSAGEBOX
end sub

Public Sub Deactivate() Implements Inventor.ApplicationAddInServer.Deactivate
'YOUR CODE HERE LIKE MESSAGEBOX
end sub

Private Sub m_SmallButton_OnExecute(Context As Inventor.NameValueMap) Handles m_LargeButton.OnExecute, m_SmallButton.OnExecute
'YOUR CODE HERE LIKE MESSAGEBOX
end sub

@omartin 

[omartin]

@Jef_E I'm specifically looking at when an iproperty gets updated. im trying to find which addin caused the update.

Also, the addin I'm trying to capture is just a third party addin not created by me.

@bradeneuropeArthur those code snippets are assuming, im trying to capture events in my own addin correct?

in general that is the idea I am looking for. if I could use those functions I don't know how to get the addInSiteObject to pass in.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi,

MAKE THE REFERENCES AS IN THE PICTURE.

Put the following line in your add in:

Implements Inventor.ApplicationAddInServer#####STAND HERE AND PRESS ENTER

THE REST OF THE CODE IS AUTOAMICALLY ADDED.

 

[omartin]

Hi; those code snippits are generated in my app already. The problem is adding code here will only trigger with respect to the current addin it is written in.

The addin that I am trying to capture is a third party addin, not written by me, I do I have access to it to write any code in it.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

You do or you don't have write acces?

[omartin]

ops... that was a typo I don't have any acess to the other program...

[bradeneuropeArthur]

You can reference the dll and use the events with that.....

[omartin]

I have been playing around with that here is what I did:

Dim thidParty As thirdparty.addin

I = thisapp.applicationaddins.count
For i = 1 To I

If thisApp.ApplicationAddIns(i).DisplayName = "addin" Then
thirdparty= thisApp.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById(thisApp.ApplicationAddIns(i).ClientId)
Exit For

End If

Next

I get no compile errors, but not sure how to watch for events from here.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

You need to make a reference to the dll. Via the properties in vb.net or Vba. or are you using i logic

[omartin]

im using vb .net. I did add the dll to the reference manager.

After creating the variable intelli-sense does show some commands related to the program, such as activate / deactivate.

but no commands that seem specific to what im looking for....another problem is this add-on has a user interface..so the command is not started from the inventor interface directly

I also tried to use the withevents, but no events show up in the second dropdown at the top of the vb interface.

I guess its not possible if the thirparty app has no public events or public commands...

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Your right they are declared as private then.
So not possible derictly.

Can you use the userinputevent on activate command?

[omartin]

nop I get no reaction, but if I use other commands such as extrude or zoom I get a reaction.

I used this to assign the userinputevent variable, thisApp.CommandManager.UserInputEvents

If I use the transactionevents.oncommit I get a reaction, "edit property". but if I just manually edit the property I get the same reaction.

if I can somehow get the addin name from the transactionObject this would be the closest we can get it.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

But the on activate command is not showing you the command name, with msgbox (commandname)?

[omartin]

nope its not getting triggered, I set a break point on it and it skips over it. even if I run the addin that I created it doesn't cause a reaction.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Can I ask what add in you are trying to access?

[omartin]

ahhh...I would rather leave out the name but it was made for our company from some independents... its nothing special just updates some iProperties.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I understand..
Nothing I can check together with you than?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I have an idea but I would also leave this outside the forum. How could we proceed? Any idea?