What's up with the online user manual?

[JBEDsol]

I get that user manuals are now online but for whatever reason every link I try to follow gives a "404 error, can't find" message.  In addition, when I'm trying to search functions or properties I keep getting redirected to IV, not IV VBA.  What gives?  I'm trying to find how to use different functions and can't find squat.

[JamieVJohnson2]

So Inventor Programming Help is also installed locally with Inventor (when selected to do so).  Or you can get a copy from here:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/downloads/caas/downloads/content/inventor-2020-onlin...

If you go inside of inventor, to the help icon (circle with question mark on title bar of Inventor window, click on the drop down arrow), then select Programming/API Help, this is the info you seek.

FYI, the Inventor API is one code structure regardless of VB.Net MS Visual Studio IDE, VBA Internal (Macros) IDE, iLogic (VB.Net) IDE (iLogic also adds other abilities), and C#.Net MS Visual Studio IDE.

[HideoYamada]

(I use local API help only... It works fine...)

[JBEDsol]

I must be missing something how do I get to that?

[JamieVJohnson2]

If this button is missing or doesn't load local data, you need to ensure local help was installed.  My first post is a link to the help installer you can download separately, but generally it is installed locally when Inventor is installed (an option that is turned on by default).

[HideoYamada]

Hi,

If you have installer image, API help will exist at :

Autodesk\PRDSU_2020_Enu_Win_64bit_dlm\x64\INV\Usr\Pub\Doc\ADSK\INV\Local Help\admapi_24_0.chm

You can copy the help file to :

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2020\Local Help

And you can open the API help from Inventor menu that Jamie has shown.

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 Hideo Yamada

[JBEDsol]

Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for.

[JBEDsol]

One problem, opening the items in a new tab will give an error.  

[HideoYamada]

Hi,

Humm, trying to open the link in new tab cause 404 error.

You should clone the tab and then click the link in new tab.

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 Hideo Yamada