File Save As Dialog wont launch through Command Manager

[Anonymous]

Hi All!

I am unable to get this code to launch the File Save As Command. I Think I have the sytax correct, because if I Replace "AppFileSaveAsCmd" with a different command name (i.e. "AppFileNewCmd") it works as expected. I have tried this with "AppFileSaveCmd" and "AppFileSaveCopyAsCmd" and both have also failed. It seems any kind of save command wont work...  I am trying to creat a rule that will fire on "New Document" iTrigger that will  Force a user to save the newly created assembly document in preperation for further iLogic rules that depent on the assembly Filename and path. Maybe there I am not telling it What file to Save? I have pasted the code below... Hope someone can help with this, Its killin me...

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SyntaxEditor Code Snippet

ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.UserInteractionDisabled=False

DimoCommandMgrAsCommandManager
     oCommandMgr=ThisApplication.CommandManager

DimoDefAsControlDefinition
oDef=oCommandMgr.ControlDefinitions.?Item("AppFileOpenCmd")
Callodef.execute2(True)

[YuhanZhang]

Do you have a document opened visibly in Inventor? If not the command does nothing and won't pop up the dialog. You can try below VBA code with a document open first:

Sub CallSaveAsCommand()
    ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager.UserInteractionDisabled = False
    
    Dim oCommandMgr As CommandManager
    Set oCommandMgr = ThisApplication.CommandManager
    
    Dim oDef As ControlDefinition
    Set oDef = oCommandMgr.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppFileSaveCopyAsCmd")
    Call oDef.Execute2(True)
End Sub

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the reply. I am having the same behavior if I run the rule manually  on a new assembly document, or an existing assembly document. The save dialog is not launched in either instance. I tried to use the code you provided in an external rule (.ilogicVb) and some errors werer flagged. The Ilogic editer requires a sub Main() before any subs, so I Commented out the Sub Declaration and end sub lines. The editor also "No longer supoorts the use of "let" and "set" statements", so I edited the Lines by deleting the "set"  word from the beginning. I think that format is equivelent, but I do not know for sure. At this point I added a message box so I could tell if the rule fired. The rule runs but does not launch the Save as Dialog box... I will  attach the rule as it is now, but hopefully someone can tell me why this does not work!

[YuhanZhang]

Sorry I pasted VBA code but not iLogic code, yes you should remove the Set key words for iLogic. I tried with iLogic for the same code(changed the Sub name to Main), and see it works fine here. Can you share more info about your Inventor version? And you can see the code I use from the picture attached.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again for your help. I can see the attachment fine, and I typed in the rule exactly as you have it shown. This still does not open the dialog on my machine. I am Running Inventor 2013 64-bit sp 1.1, Build 176 on a Hp Z400 workstation. I Have found a way around this for now, But would still like to understand what is happening here!

[YuhanZhang]

I double checked with the same build as yours, and see same problem and a bug 1494089 is reported you can check the status of this issue with providing this number to us.

[Anonymous]

this  launch the save as window for me but

can i launch vault datacards with this code.

what is the item name for datacards?

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

Every command in Inventor has a unique name.  Even add-ins that add their own commands will have a unique name for each of their commands, which will be the case with Vault.  The following sample, which is from the Inventor API Help, will create a list of all of the commands in Inventor, including add-in commands.

Sub PrintCommandNames()
    Dim oControlDefs As ControlDefinitions
    Set oControlDefs = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions

    Dim oControlDef As ControlDefinition  
    Open "C:\temp\CommandNames.txt" For Output As #1
    Print #1, Tab(10); "Command Name"; Tab(75); "Description"; vbNewLine
  
    For Each oControlDef In oControlDefs
        Print #1, oControlDef.InternalName; Tab(55); oControlDef.DescriptionText       
    Next
    Close #1
End Sub

You can run the VBA program above and then search the output file "C:\Temp\CommandNames.txt" for the command you're looking for.

[Anonymous]

thank you sooooo much !!!