Inventor Customization - Show MessageBox at Home when start the Inventor

[Khoa_NguyenDang]

Hi everybody 

I want to show automatically the message box at any time I start the Inventor Professional (show on the Home page - like the picture)

Do anybody know how to do it with API, I use Visual Studio for code

Thank you so much

[dutt.thakar · Accepted solution]

@Khoa_NguyenDang 

At the beginning of your code, can't you put a code that opens up Inventor, and just after that your message box pops up?

Check out the below thread on how to start Inventor with Visual studio code.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/how-to-start-inventor-open-file-and-save-it/td...

Please test it and see how it works.

Hope this will be helpful.

[alewer · Accepted solution]

If you are writing an add in, code in the StandardAddInServer.Activate will run every time that the add in starts. For example I can create a new add in from the template. I modify the StandardAddInServer.Activate by adding a single line of code to create a message box that says "hello." I am using C# but for VS and others, code in the Activate member will  run at addin startup. You can use this approach to show the user a message box, form, or perform any action that you would like.

    public void Activate(Inventor.ApplicationAddInSite addInSiteObject, bool firstTime)
    {
      // This method is called by Inventor when it loads the addin.
      // The AddInSiteObject provides access to the Inventor Application object.
      // The FirstTime flag indicates if the addin is loaded for the first time.
      
      // Initialize AddIn members.

      // TODO: Add ApplicationAddInServer.Activate implementation.
      // e.g. event initialization, command creation etc.
      m_inventorApplication = addInSiteObject.Application;

      System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("hello"); //this show a message box every time the addin starts
    }

Once you have the add in installed you need to make sure that you have set the add in to load automatically (Tools -> Add-Ins, check "Loaded/Unloaded" and "Load Automatically"). This will make sure that the add in loads when Inventor starts.

You can use this approach to show a message box or form to the user. Basically any code that you put in Activate() will be run every time the addin starts.