Seeking information or documentation on iLogic add-in

[awatt]

I'm reverse engineering some VBA code for conversion to VB.net and found this line in a getiLogicAddin function:

addIn = oApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{3bdd8d79-2179-4b11-8a5a-257b1c0263ac}")

I'd like to understand it better before I proceed.  I think I see some opportunities for improvement in the code instead of a simple conversion.

Can anyone direct me to information on the iLogic addin?  Particularly, what it is, what it can do, and how to use it, and why the above line was necessary?

I've searched the help file, but came up empty.  I may not have used the correct terms in the search.

Inventor 2015, Visual Studio 2010.

Thank you.

[MechMachineMan]

oApplication.ApplicationAddIns.ItemById("{3bdd8d79-2179-4b11-8a5a-257b1c0263ac}")

Use the

.DisplayName or

.Description method

in a secondary code or that one to find out more by displaying it in a message box.

There is nothing I can find that would be of any help otherwise.

[awatt]

Description is 'iLogic Extension'

DisplayName is 'iLogic'

And I know where the Autodesk.iLogic.dll is.

I just can't find any documentation on how to use it.

[MechMachineMan]

Ahh sorry I must have misunderstood you.

[rjay75 · Accepted solution]

The iLogicAddin interface can be used to directly manipulate iLogic rules. It is fairly lowlevel access to the rules so you want to be careful. The most common use I've seen it used for is to launch iLogic rules from code.

The best way to get information on it is to load the dll in Visual Studios Object Browser and look at the classes.

If you don't need to directly call or access iLogic rules then there may be alternative easier ways to accomplish what you need.