How to add current layout to SSM

[CADdaddy.com]

Hi there,

I've been trying to write a program that adds the current layout tab to the SSM.  So far I have this:

AcSmAcDbLayoutReference layRef = new AcSmAcDbLayoutReference();
layRef.SetName(LayoutManager.Current.CurrentLayout);
string name = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Name;
layRef.SetFileName(name);
AcSmSheet sheet = sheetSet.ImportSheet(layRef);

My program crashes with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when it tries the "AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetFileName" method.  There is no documentation so I have no idea if I'm doing this right.  Any help would be appreciated!!

James LeVieux

[Balaji_Ram]

Hi James,

Sorry for the delay.

Have you tried the ImportSheet method as demonstrated in this blog post ?

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2013/09/using-sheetset-manager-api-in-vbnet.html

Regards,

Balaji

[CADdaddy.com]

Hi Biagi

Yes...I was using that blog as a guide.  I think I see where I went wrong but I still need some help.  In the blog post there is a argument called "component" that is passed to the function.I know that a Component can be various SSM types....what exactly is it looking for?.  I have no idea what kind of thing I'm supposed to pass to this function as the "component".

Private Function ImportASheet(ByVal component As IAcSmComponent, _
                              ByVal title As String, _
                              ByVal description As String, _
                              ByVal number As String, _
                              ByVal fileName As String, _
                              ByVal layout As String) As AcSmSheet
 
    Dim sheet As AcSmSheet
 
    ' Create a reference to a Layout Reference object
    Dim layoutReference As New AcSmAcDbLayoutReference
    layoutReference.InitNew(component)

I changed the code a bit and I am passing a SheetSet as the "component" but I get this error below.  I know the SheetSet if valid because I can see the value for the name of the SheetSet in my list of locals:

[hgasty1001]

Hi,

The object ARX SDK have an example of using SSM, its under Samples/dotNet/SheetSet, it may help you to understand the object model. Any way, the "component" in that code it's a SheetSetManager. As the same blog post says, this the way to reference that object:

Dim sheetSetManager As IAcSmSheetSetMgr

sheetSetManager = New AcSmSheetSetMgr

Gaston Nunez