Retrieving path of attached images in AutoCAD using APIs (insert>reference>attach>image)

[Nikita_RAUTELA]

Problem Statement: I am trying to retrieve the path of the attached reference images.

The use case is insert>>reference>>attach>>image file.
I have Identified that this is a AcDbRasterImage and I tried to cast it to AcDbRasterImagedef object  to find the path by using the apis ,  AcDbRaterImageDef::activeFileName() and AcDbRaterImageDef::sourceFileName() of AcDbRasterImageDef but the values retrieved are ambiguous.

In second method, I used AcDbRasterImageDef::imageDictionary(acdbCurDwg()) and tried to iterate through the dictionary to get objectId and the database but this method gives  me the path of the parent drawing and not the path of the image source, although I think I have written this incorrectly, pardon me I am using AutoCAD API foe the first time :).
If someone knows how to get the path of attached reference, it would be great!

AcDbObjectId dicoId;

AcDbDictionary* pDict;

dicoId = AcDbRasterImageDef::imageDictionary(acdbCurDwg());

eErrStatus = acdbOpenObject((AcDbObject*&)pDict, dicoId, AcDb::kForRead);

AcDbDictionaryIterator* dictItr = NULL;

dictItr = pDict->newIterator();

for(; dictItr != NULL && !dictItr->done(); dictItr->next())

{

AcDbObject* currentEntObj;

eErrStatus = dictItr->getObject(currentEntObj, AcDb::kForRead);

AcDbObjectId objId = currentEntObj->objectId();

AcDbDatabase* db = dicoId.originalDatabase();

const ACHAR* pcFilename = NULL;

db->getFilename(pcFilename); 

}

Thanks!

[daniel_cadext]

maybe AcDbHostApplicationServices::findFile?

[Nikita_RAUTELA]

I believe the filename is  a prerequisite for this API, which is not known here. Do you have any idea of using RatserImageDef to get the path or getting the saved path list of external References?

[Alexander.Rivilis · Accepted solution]

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@Nikita_RAUTELA wrote:

...I have Identified that this is a AcDbRasterImage and I tried to cast it to AcDbRasterImagedef object  to find the path by using the apis ,  AcDbRaterImageDef::activeFileName() and AcDbRaterImageDef::sourceFileName() of AcDbRasterImageDef but the values retrieved are ambiguous.

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You try to cast AcDbRasterImage to AcDbRasterImagedef??? You have to use AcDbRasterImage::imageDefId to get AcDbObjectId of AcDbRasterImagedef, open it and get AcDbRaterImageDef::activeFileName() 

[Nikita_RAUTELA]

thanks for clearing that, it worked!