Create a workspace from an existing workspace .NET

[Anonymous]

Hi I'm trying to create / copy an existing workspace using c#

I couldn't find a direct way to just copy the existing workspace so I tried to add it's properties manually. The only trouble is I can't seem to cover all the settings here's what I have so far... any help would be much appreciated.

var userworkspace = new Workspace(cs, acadUser)
 {
  WorkspaceRibbonRoot = wsMaster.WorkspaceRibbonRoot,
  WorkspaceQuickAccessToolbar = wsMaster.WorkspaceQuickAccessToolbar,
  Name = acadUser
 };

foreach (WorkspaceToolbar wst in wsMaster.WorkspaceToolbars)
{
 userworkspace.WorkspaceToolbars.Add(wst);
}

foreach (WorkspacePopMenu wsp in wsMaster.WorkspacePopMenus)
{
 userworkspace.WorkspacePopMenus.Add(wsp);
}

Pretty basic I know, how can I get PartialCUI tabs, palettes, etc.. applied?

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Ok so I figured out how to create my new workspace from an existing workspace... pretty much what I had previously. The only trouble now is that the newly created workspace isn't full recognised i.e. I can't set it current unless I do it through the cui editor or restart CAD?

How do I properly update?

Thanks in advance, Matt

[Alexander.Rivilis]

It is look like you have to unload/load cui(x)-file with help of Application.UnloadPartialMenu/Application.LoadPartialMenu and set WORKSPACE system variable with help of Application.SetSystemVariable

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I needed to reload the main cui file not a partial cui. The following actually worked?

Application.LoadMainMenu(csMain.CUIFileName);

since there was no "UnloadMainMenu" I called the above code whilst the main cui was loaded which seemed to work? The only annoyance been the number of times the environment reloaded.

1st - on initial load

2nd - on "LoadMainMenu"

3rd - on "SetcurrentWorkspace"

Can you think of a better / alternative way other than sendstringcommand? Will this approach cause problems since the main cui was never unloaded.

If not I'll run with this, thanks

[swaywood]

Hi,

Now i am trying to create a 'Classic workspace' by code for the later version of autocad 2015.

Could you share some code for me?

Thanks

swaywood

[GeeHaa]

Try typing menubar on the command line and setting it to 1