Error after saving with new file name in Ilogic

[Thomas.Long]

I have a program that requires that I use the command manager to save so that it can use a number generator we've developed.

However, after the save goes through, everything else in the program throws an error. The problem is I cannot just make the save last because the program also generates the drawing and is supposed to store the new file name and part parameters in a list in an excel sheet.

Is there a way to force it to activate the new part and keep the program running? I'm getting the feeling this error is occurring because the rule continues in the old part rather than saving the file and continuing it in the new part. Is there any way to make this work or do I need to make it a little more manual, split it into two rules, have it save and have the user input the new part number so the program can access the rest of the rule in the new part?

Thank you all for any help

[HermJan.Otterman]

Hello Thomas.

where is the rule?

in a part?

in an assembly? where the parts are in... (if not: this might work)

is this an internal or external rule?

[Thomas.Long]

The rule is located in a part but will commonly be accessed from an assembly. It is an internal rule.

Right now I'm trying separate it into different rules and have the rules simply run on open of the new document. That is I mean to set the VBA triggers to inactive (but with the correct triggers in the file) and then turn them on during the rule so that it doesn't create the old drawing or write the old file into my sheet but when the new one saves it will open up with its triggers active.

Unfortunately that gave me the error "Catastrophic Failure"

[HermJan.Otterman · Accepted solution]

If the iLogic is in a part, and you want the rule to work in an other part, I don't think that will work.

If run the rule from an Assembly in witch the parts are in, you can acces all parts and run you rules.

an other way would be using VBA or VB.net, you can open , create etc and work with any file

[Thomas.Long]

I might be able to do an external rule but I'd still have difficulty getting it to import the new file name.

If that's easier with VBA I can try that, though I have a lot less experience working with VBA in Inventor (I haven't worked with parameters in VBA at all yet) though I have experience with VBA overall.

Is this particular process a dead end and I need to rework the overall shape of my functions here?

[MechMachineMan]

You definitely cannot run an internal rule then close the part the rule is located in without it crashing. You would be better off using an external rule or Macro's to accomplish what you want.