iLogic: Set open document as active

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I had a rule that saves the ipt and open and saves the idw. Now i want to add some other things i would like to do on the drawing in the same rule, how do i set the open document (.idw) as active?

Thanks a lot for the help, I've found another question similar to mine but the solution isn't working for me.

[MechMachineMan]

oDocToModify = oDoc.Open(Name, Boolean)

Recalling oDocToModify will let you access the doc you just opened.

Or.

oDocToModify = oDoc.ItemByName(DocumentName)

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your help, but it's not working, sorry but i'm kinda new to iLogic and VBA in general.

it says oDoc undecleared.

I open my file with:

ThisDoc.Launch("filename.idw") 

the idw is in the same directory as the main file from witch I start the rule.

It gives error also if I calcel the function and I execute only your solution.

Could you help me? thanks a lot in advance.  

[MechMachineMan]

Dim oDoc2 Ad Document
oDoc2 = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("C:/IDWNAME.idw",True) 'Change path
as needed, true is visible

You need to use the FullFileName of the idw to open it with this method.

[Anonymous]

Ok the code is working and I can open the file, but it seems to be not active because if I add a funcion for idw it says filename is not a drawing I think I should set oDoc2 as active in some way...

[Anonymous]

Now i'm using this code without success

Dim oDoc2 As Document
oDoc2 = ThisApplication.Documents.Open("T:\Inventor\PARAMETRICO\PERNO ILOGIC\PERNO.idw",True)
myfile=oDoc2.FileName
oDoc2.Saveas(myfile, False)

[MechMachineMan]

Post a screen capture of what pops up in the error screen, both tabs.

[Anonymous]

This when i use the last code i posted.

in english:

Impossible to find pubblic member "FileName" in tipe "_DocumentClass"

[MechMachineMan]

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@Anonymous wrote:

This when i use the last code i posted.

in english:

Impossible to find pubblic member "FileName" in tipe "_DocumentClass"

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Yes, so exactly as it says, the method "FileName" that you are trying to call is not a valid method for the class that you are trying to call it for.

You have oDoc.FileName... Well oDoc is an object of the Document class, and you are trying to call the method FileName from within it.

What that tells you is that the class has no clue what you are trying to tell it to do, because FileName is not a recognized command for it.

Whenever you see this error, just go look up in API help a similiar method that will accomplish what you need by search for the class first.

Open it up as shown in the window below, select the search tab and look up "Document".

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot, I can't find the help, probably because i have 2013 version. I'll try however to learn something!

[MechMachineMan]

You should be able to find it manually if it came with one; try searching for a path like:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2016\Local Help

It should be contained in the file named something like admapi_14_0.chm

[Anonymous]

Now i'm trying to understand someting, like you said, the comand has to be in the right place, ive download the API model and understood that, but what i cant understand now is: are there some other classical comand that arent listed in the API? Such ad open\load file exc?they are notlisted because are classical VBA comands and not inventor specifics?

[MechMachineMan]

There are some things that aren't listed in API because they already exist in the VBA language; ie the use of operators such as LIKE and wildcards,

However, file operations such as Open and Save all exist under the document/documents object. There are other ways to access these too, such as through the FileManager object.