VB reference to IV API without installing IV

[Anonymous]

II would like to work on some applications for inventor 11 with my laptop. My laptop does not have IV11 on it. It has Vista Ultimate - which is not inventor friendly. I use Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and I have VS6, both of which are supposed to be supported under Vista. My question is, what files do i need to put on my laptop, to be able to reference the inventor API? Since I can't simply install inventor due to operating system and licensing... etc.

thank you-

[Anonymous]

I think you are out of luck. When you application went to CreateObject or
GetObject to actually work ... oops.

Joe ...

wrote in message news:5540196@discussion.autodesk.com...
II would like to work on some applications for inventor 11 with my laptop.
My laptop does not have IV11 on it. It has Vista Ultimate - which is not
inventor friendly. I use Visual Studio 2005 Professional, and I have VS6,
both of which are supposed to be supported under Vista. My question is,
what files do i need to put on my laptop, to be able to reference the
inventor API? Since I can't simply install inventor due to operating system
and licensing... etc.

thank you-

[Anonymous]

I was afraid of that. What I am working with, is reading BOM data from an .iam file, then writing it to a database, where I can match part numbers, include pricing and then spit out a cost sheet which gets sent to the customer. The catch is, I need to re-price over 200 drawings on an "overnight" basis. That's why I am looking at automating it with VB. Without divulging too much information - we price "kits" for the customer. These drawings get posted to an online catalog, as well as get e-mailed in PDF format. Rule number one, never put pricing on a drawing, due to unlimited revisions everytime the price changes. With that in mind, we create cost sheets - but these cost sheets need to be able to reflect current pricing. So, I need to make a tool that will read bom data, fetch pricing, and spit out an excel sheet or PDF sheet that I can then post back to the web, coinciding with the drawing. Make sense?

My issue is, I have a new laptop running Vista Ultimate, and Inventor 11, which is not compatible. I don't want to trash Vista for XP.

[Anonymous]

I feel your pain 😞

Joe ...

wrote in message news:5540330@discussion.autodesk.com...
I was afraid of that. What I am working with, is reading BOM data from an
.iam file, then writing it to a database, where I can match part numbers,
include pricing and then spit out a cost sheet which gets sent to the
customer. The catch is, I need to re-price over 200 drawings on an
"overnight" basis. That's why I am looking at automating it with VB.
Without divulging too much information - we price "kits" for the customer.
These drawings get posted to an online catalog, as well as get e-mailed in
PDF format. Rule number one, never put pricing on a drawing, due to
unlimited revisions everytime the price changes. With that in mind, we
create cost sheets - but these cost sheets need to be able to reflect
current pricing. So, I need to make a tool that will read bom data, fetch
pricing, and spit out an excel sheet or PDF sheet that I can then post back
to the web, coinciding with the drawing. Make sense?

My issue is, I have a new laptop running Vista Ultimate, and Inventor 11,
which is not compatible. I don't want to trash Vista for XP.

[Anonymous]

take a look at this link. Ideally you should be able to use the Autodesk Inventor 11 SP1 Design Tracking download. This will include the Inventor Apprentice object libraries. You use Inventor Apprentice API (freely distributable) to access Inventor documents w/o Inventor. You can manipulate properties, BOM through the API.


http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1079044

[Anonymous]

Josh is correct. Apprentice should provide access to the information you
need. You can install Design Tracking from the link Josh provided or you
can also download Inventor View from
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=7333846&siteID=123112. I would
recommend Inventor View instead since it also provides the service packs.

Design Tracking and Inventor View are really the same thing. They just
changed the name at one point and the one website is still referring to it
using the old name.
--
Brian Ekins
Autodesk Inventor API


wrote in message news:5540495@discussion.autodesk.com...
take a look at this link. Ideally you should be able to use the Autodesk
Inventor 11 SP1 Design Tracking download. This will include the Inventor
Apprentice object libraries. You use Inventor Apprentice API (freely
distributable) to access Inventor documents w/o Inventor. You can
manipulate properties, BOM through the API.


http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1079044