Importing Page setup from another file

[Anonymous]

Dear colleagues,

Is there an easy way to import Page setup from another file? Practically what you get when you click on "import" in "Page setup manager" dialogue? Are these objects AcDbPlotSettings?

I wouldn't like to use acedCommandS, of course, but on the other hand I don't want to open whole new database, search just for that one object in Plot settings dictionary, and close it. Is there any shortcut?

[tbrammer · Accepted solution]

Try this:

Acad::ErrorStatus ImportPlotSettings(AcDbDatabase *pDbTarget, LPCWSTR pcImportFile, LPCWSTR pcPlotSettingsName)
{
	Acad::ErrorStatus es;
	AcDbDatabase *pDbSource = new AcDbDatabase(false, true); // no defaults, no Document
	es = pDbSource->readDwgFile(pcImportFile);     // DWG that holds your page setup

	AcDbDictionary *pDict = 0;
	es = pDbSource->getPlotSettingsDictionary(pDict, AcDb::kForRead);

	if (es == Acad::eOk)
	{
		AcDbObjectId myPlotsettingId;
		es = pDict->getAt(pcPlotSettingsName, myPlotsettingId); // get your page setup
		pDict->close();

		AcDbPlotSettings *pPS = NULL, *pPsCopy = NULL;
		if ( (es=acdbOpenObject(pPS, myPlotsettingId, AcDb::kForRead)) == Acad::eOk )
		{
			pPsCopy = new AcDbPlotSettings(false);
			es = pPsCopy->copyFrom(pPS); 
			pPS->close();
		}

		if (pPsCopy)
		{
			es = pPsCopy->addToPlotSettingsDict(pDbTarget);
			if (es == Acad::eOk)
				pPsCopy->close();
			else
			{
				delete pPsCopy;
				pPsCopy = NULL;
			}
		}		
	}

	delete pDbSource;

	return es;
}

[Anonymous]

Thanks, this idea is clear and straight forward.

I would just like to ask you about LPCWSTR type, I haven't seen it before and cant find much in documentation, that's some sort of light weight string type or something?

[Alexander.Rivilis]

LPCWSTR is the same as const ACHAR *