Rule works when "run rule" but throws error when triggered "After open document"

[Eide.N]

Hi All,

This simple rule does what I want when I right-click and "run rule" but I get errors when I set it to a triggered run "After Open Document" on drawings. 

I want it to activate sheet 1 and zoom to fit. Any ideas?

'open sheet 1
ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.Sheets.Item(1).Activate

'zoom to fit
ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("AppZoomallCmd").Execute

[Eide.N]

I discovered that this only fails when I right-click from the browser and "Open Drawing from Vault". 

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Use .execute2 instead

[Eide.N]

This is such a weird thing. Still not working when right-clicking on the browser and Open Drawing from Vault. But, when I run it after opening it works just fine.

Oh well. No more time to spend on this at the moment.

[WCrihfield]

Try switching from the 'ThisApplication.ActiveDocument' reference, to the 'ThisDoc.Document' reference.  If some other type of document is currently visible on the screen when that document gets opened invisibly in the background, it will cause an error.  The ThisDoc.Document term will refer to the document that the event was triggered from, not necessarily the document that is currently showing on your screen.  But that drawing document may need to be 'activated' (could use the DrawingDocument.Activate method) before you can activate one of its sheets.

Edit:  Also, that process of right-clicking on the top node of a model document's browser tree, then choosing 'Open Drawing' (I do not have Vault), does not always work anyways.  That process only works for me when the drawing is saved in the same location as the model file, and has the same file name (with different file extension) as the model file.  If the drawing either simply does not exist, or is located somewhere else, and / or is named different than the model, that process will fail for me.  Not sure if it would be the same when you have Vault or not though.

[Eide.N]

Thanks for the suggestions, although none of them appeared to change the behavior. It works when I open a file directly from the vault, from Inventor, and "Open Drawing" from RtCl on the browser tree.

It still doesn't work when RtCl "Open Drawing from Vault" on the browser tree. But it's such a small thing that I will stop worrying about it!