VB.Net to Ilogic Rule or VBA Macro

[J_Dumont]

I recently created a .Net Console app using Visual Studio that merges pdf files in a folder into one multi-sheet pdf.

I also have some iLogic code that creates the individual pdf files and I had to create the .Net app to generate the multi-sheet. I would like to keep all the code in a single place but I am struggling with how to do this.

I am using PDFSharp libraries in my code and I don't know how to access them in VBA. When I try to add a reference to the PDFSharp DLL's I get, "Can't add a reference to specified file".

Any help is greatly appreciated and I'm happy to share any code if necessary.

[ckeveryga · Accepted solution]

Your best bet would be to keep all of the code in .NET as the Inventor API is incredibly easy to access. Just add Inventor as a reference to your project and you can get the existing Inventor application or have your program start a new Inventor. 

[Martin-Winkler-Consulting · Accepted solution]

If I understand you correctly you would like to start exporting the multi page pdf from Inventor. If you already have a .Net app I would integrate it into an Inventor addin. There you can also take over your iLogic code and then manage all functions in the Addin and start from the Inventor.
Have you ever created an Addin for Inventor in Visual Studio?

[J_Dumont]

This is great input, thank you.

It sounds like the Add-in is the way to go.

I'll start exploring moving my iLogic code to Visual Studio.

[Martin-Winkler-Consulting]

If the answer is a solution for you, then I ask you to mark it as a solution.
Good luck with the addin.