apprentice & Design view reps

[NachoShaw]

Hi

i am opening some assemblies using apprentice invisibly to get data. Can i open these invisibly with specific DesignView Reps? If so, how can i do this?

Thanks

Nigel

[NachoShaw]

Anyone? Come on autodesk. At least help out the users of your application......

Using Apprentice, i am trying to open an assembly with a DesignViewRep. Here is my code-

 Dim oOptions As Inventor.NameValueMap = InventorFunctions._invApp.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap
        Call oOptions.Add("DesignViewRepresentation", "WoodFinish")

 Dim GetViewDoc As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = InventorFunctions.m_oServer.OpenWithOptions(FilePath, oOptions)

if i open the file like this-

Dim GetViewDoc As Inventor.ApprenticeServerDocument = InventorFunctions.m_oServer.Open(FilePath)

it works fine which tells me that it is the OpenWithOptions' method that doesnt work. I have taken the construction on the code from the api help... What is not right for this to fail?

Nigel

[NachoShaw]

Any ideas?

[NachoShaw]

ive come to the conclusion that you cannot open a file with a Design View Representation by using OpenWithOptions with Apprentice. There is no physical way of getting it to work. If i open the file without using Apprentice and using OpenWithOptions, it does work but then i cannot get a ClientView as ClientView is ONLY available with apprentice. Soooooo, its yet another function that doesnt work properly and has a contradiction within the API documentation

thanks for nothing Autodesk, you're the best....