open unsaved file on its own.

[Anonymous]

Hello

I have an IAM that contains various IPT parts. i would need to open them on their own, in a separate window. 

This part already works and is automatically called on save.

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ThisApplication.Documents.Open(part.FullFileName, True)

it works, but there is a problem with files that have been newely drawed and have not been saved yet. Not saved files are beeing written to disk just after this code, so the file does not exist yet and fullfilename returns a runtime error. 

How can the part be opened without the full file name? just as if i would right click -> open on the unsaved part?

thanks!

[MechMachineMan]

Assign the file a file name before trying to run your code on it 

[Anonymous]

Are you saying something along the lines of "save it before you save it"? 😄

the code is run on save, and thats the reason for the problem.. can it be named without saving it?

[MechMachineMan]

No, but you can cause your code that runs on save to "skip" the file if it doesn't have a name/hasn't been saved. You can also add in code to make the user name the file "on save".

[Anonymous]

my script verifies that certain Iproperties are filled in. if not, it opens up the file separately (to know what file needs to be tagged) and displays an input box for the tags. saving without those informations is what we want to avoid. so before we open the input box we open the IPT so you see it just behind the input box window and know what file you are tagging. Oroblem is I do not seem to be able to open a file from an assembly before it has been saved..

[MechMachineMan]

The thing about the file names is that they are what is used to ID the part, so no file name = No ID.

If you want to find the part, you still can through the Documents enum, it's just that you have to establish what way you know it's the proper part without actually saving it.

Alternatively, you can ASSIGN the value to the .Fullfilename property without saving the document, so that you can access it in the future.

oDoc.FullFileName = TempName

[Anonymous]

thank you, will try it ASAP. So when you rightclick and open the unsaved part from an assembly it does it via the Documents enum?

[MechMachineMan]

No, but by clicking on the file, you are providing the program with an identifying attribute of the file which you wish to use....

[Anonymous]

ok, not doubting about your knowlege here, since its vastly bigger than mine, just trying to understand: 

when the script is launched i get a reference to the Document i want to open. 

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Dim odoc As Document = ThisDoc.Document

its simply that i cannot open it, because

oDoc.FullFileName

 is empty.

Isnt there a way to say oDoc.open? or something like that? cant that oDoc be used as identifier just like the click in the window?

today I am going to try the sugestion you had to assign a temporary name to the ipt.

[MechMachineMan]

Yes, that oDoc = ThisDoc.Document should grab a reference to the unnamed file as well, so that you can changed iproperties and such.

http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/accessing-iproperties.html

Dim oDoc As Document
oDoc = ThisDoc.Document

oPN = oDoc.PropertySets("Design Tracking Properties")("Part Number").Value

MsgBox(oPN) 

[Anonymous]

The problem is not changing iproperties.. that is working fine already.. the problem is beeing able to open the ipt on its own, in a new window...

Document.open requires a path to a file... 

[marcin_otręba]

try this:

Sub bnm()
On Error Resume Next
Dim odoc As AssemblyDocument
Set odoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim doc As Document
For Each doc In odoc.AllReferencedDocuments
Dim name As String
name = ""
name = doc.FullFileName
If name = "" Then
doc.Views.Add
End If
Next
End Sub