Inventor 2018 - Entitlement API Changes?

[Anonymous]

Has something changed in the Inventor 2018 API for retrieving the Autodesk 360 account name and/or the entitlement API? What worked in 2016 and 2017 now doesn't work in 2018.

[chandra.shekar.g · Accepted solution]

Hi Thomas,

In Inventor 2018, Autodesk 360 account name can be accessed through Entitlement API.

The Entitlement API can be accessed from "AddinNETFramework.AdWebServicesWrapper.dll" at installed location (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2018\Bin)

So, in order to access API, AddReference "AddinNETFramework.AdWebServicesWrapper.dll" from installed location to the application.

Please find the sample VB.Net and C# code in the following.

VB.net

Imports Autodesk.WebServices

Dim webServiceMgr As CWebServicesManager
webServiceMgr = New CWebServicesManager()

Dim isWebServiceInitialized As Boolean
isWebServiceInitialized = webServiceMgr.Initialize()

If isWebServiceInitialized = True Then

    Dim userId As String = ""
    webServiceMgr.GetUserId(userId)

    Dim userName As String = ""
    webServiceMgr.GetLoginUserName(userName)

End If

C#

using Autodesk.WebServices;

CWebServicesManager mgr = new CWebServicesManager();
bool isInitialize = mgr.Initialize();

if (isInitialize == true
{
     string userId = "";
     mgr.GetUserId(ref userId);

     string username = "";
     mgr.GetLoginUserName(ref username);
}

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Thanks and regards,