Location Setting: Prompt For Filename

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out where Inventor stores the setting for prompting for a filename when creating a Component with the component generator.

I mean this thing here:

Its not stored in the application options. When I change the setting and restart Inventor, the settings keeps the value so it must be stored somewhere I think...? Is there someone who knows where this setting is saved?

thanks in advance

David

[bradeneuropeArthur]

It is stored in the metadata object in vb.net

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick response.

So is there a way I can access this setting with some c# or .net coding and set this setting to true.

So that when Inventor starts up this setting is the same for all inventor users?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Later I can show you. I am not on my desk right now.
Please send me a private message so I will not forget it!

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Private WithEvents MyFileUserInputEvents As FileUIEvents

MyFileUserInputEvents = m_inventorApplication.FileUIEvents


 Private Sub MyFileUserInputEvents_OnPopulateFileMetadata(FileMetadataObjects As Inventor.ObjectsEnumerator, Formulae As String, Context As Inventor.NameValueMap, ByRef HandlingCode As Inventor.HandlingCodeEnum) Handles MyFileUserInputEvents.OnPopulateFileMetadata

 Dim oMetaData As FileMetadata

                If FileMetadataObjects.Count > 0 Then
                    For Each oMetaData In FileMetadataObjects
msgbox oMetaData.DisplayName
oMetaData.FileName = "YOUR NAME"
next
end if

end sub

if further help is required let me know.

This is a snippet out of a normal add in.

[Anonymous]

Okay,

I'm trying to understand the code so that I can implement it into my addin for Inventor.

If i understand it, this will be triggerd if Inventor tries to populate the filemetadata.

And then you set the the displayname if de filemetadata to some value...

So in the case of a shaftgenerator you will set the name of the file to "YOUR NAME"...

But what I want to do is just check if the combobox "Always prompt for filename" is checked or not. And if not set its value to true..

I don't want to change the displayname of the shaft i'm about to create.

Or am i seeing this wrong?

[chandra.shekar.g]

Hi @Anonymous,

Can you please provide steps to prompt "File Naming" window as below?

Thanks and regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Here are the steps to get the "File Naming" window:

In a Assembly go to the "Design" Tab, you can take almost anything from there: Bolted Conenction, Clevis Pin, Shaft, Spur Gears...

But for this example I used the "Shaft" command. In the dialog you click on the marked Icon. And then you get the "File Naming" window.

[MechMachineMan]

I would think there is almost certainly an xml file kicking around somewhere that you would be able to change to (because it would store the setting there if it was changed from the default)

I tried browsing around a little bit, and the closest file I could find was here:

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2018\Design Accelerator\defaults\CAShaft.Imperial.xml"

But in my quick skimming, didn't see anything about a file name. Could be that it actually belongs to a generic xml file for the form, so it would be harder to find.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I don't think its in that xml file. Because the setting goes for every design accelerator object. If you change it for the shaft generator it also applies for the bolted connections and so on. So I would think its a generic xml.. But I can seem to locate it.

[chandra.shekar.g · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous, 

"FileName" window settings is saved at "Autodesk.DesignAccelerator.Inventor.addin" which is available at "C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Inventor 2018\Addins\Autodesk.DesignAccelerator.Inventor.addin"

It would look like as below.

<Settings AutoPopup="0" Height="1,044" Width="1,134" _OVERRIDDEN_="ADDED"/>

Please feel free to contact if there is any queries,

If solves problem, click on "Accept as solution" / give a "Kudo".

Thanks and regards,

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the solution to this question !!!!

BIG KUDOS

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Question:

Would you like to change it via the API too?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Yeah i would like to change it through the API.

I was going to have a go at it tomorrow. But if you already have the answer, I'm very interested?

Thanks

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I am not on my desk.
Yes Maybe I hsve

[chandra.shekar.g]

@Anonymous,

As "Design Accelerator" is a separate Addin, Inventor API does not support "Design Accelerator".

Thanks and regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi,

I am not completely sure of that.

Is this opinion confirmed by Autodesk.

Can you please show me that it is not supported by Autodesk?

I see some possibilities using the FDAddin.dll

But I am not sure is this is going to work, I need to try this.

other option is to use Xlm serialization!

I will give it a try and I will come back to it ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Had a little time to write a piece of code to change to AutoPopup setting:

  Private Sub ChangeFileNameSetting()
        Try
            Dim xmlPad As String = $"c:\users\{System.Environment.UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Inventor 2017\Addins\Autodesk.DesignAccelerator.Inventor.addin"

            If System.IO.File.Exists(xmlPad) Then
                Dim invSetting As New XmlDocument()
                invSetting.Load(xmlPad)


                Dim node As XmlNode = invSetting.SelectSingleNode("/Preferences/Software/Autodesk/Inventor/RegistryVersion21.2/DesignAccelerator/Windows/Settings")
                Dim str As String = node.Attributes("AutoPopup").Value

                If str = "0" Then
                    node.Attributes("AutoPopup").Value = "1"
                End If

                invSetting.Save(xmlPad)

            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try

    End Sub