Delete referenced file

[CadUser46]

Not as straight forward as it seems.  I have a file that refuses to disappear from the referenced files collection.  It does not show up in either BOM.rows or component occurences.

the delete method is not available for document or documentdescriptor so how to i delete this file?

Cheers

Craig

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

Is it the only sick file or you find them quite often?

Have you an idea how this problem could be reproduced?

Could you upload this file?

cheers,

[CadUser46]

It's not the first time I have seen it but it happens so randomly I couldn't reproduce it. I'll upload the file tomorrow. 

[CadUser46]

Attached the file you requested.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

When I open your iam file in the Inventor 2015  the Resolve Link Dialog indicates the missing file   
asep\A1008639_Chainwheel_In_Work_01011581.ipt
 

After I skip this unresolved file reference I see the referenced files collection that is empty.

[CadUser46]

I had to doubt myself and wondered why i didnt try that already, then i remembered i did.  The reason i started looking for a vba solution is because the 'Links' button is greyed out.

Using Inventor 2012.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

Have you solved your problem?

cheers,

[CadUser46]

No.  Is there way to delete it with VBA?

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

No, unfortunately API does not provide any tools for this 

[CadUser46]

Any other suggestions?  I cant migrate the assembly right now.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

Could you please describe your workflow when you solve this in the UI ?

[CadUser46]

Do you mean describe what im doing now? Or report back here when/if i do find a solution?

If its the first case i simply activate a project file in an completely empty directory, open the file, it tells me about the unresolved link which i then skip.  At this point the Links button is greyed out.

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

It is possible to open the document ignoring Resolve Links dialog.

Application.SilentOperation property helps to proceed the open file operation without prompting (if that gets required...e.g.: error message dismissal).

ThisApplication.SilentOperation = True
Set oDoc = ThisApplication.Documents.Open(filename, True)
ThisApplication.SilentOperation = False

In more complicated scenario you may consider FileAccessEvents.FireOnFileResolution method that could give you the unresolved filename. 

[CadUser46]

Vladimir, you're confusing me.  Go back to my OP.  I dont want to suppress the message, i need the link to the file removed without changing the file version from 2012

[Vladimir.Ananyev]

Unfortunately I have no good news for you, sorry for that.  There isn’t a way to directly delete the references in an assembly.  They are created and removed as you do things that require a file reference.  But you may try to automate the workaround that works for you in UI.