Open PDF in command
If you want to open PDF document/file in the similar way as AutoCAD API does, you need to use an application, which provides similar API method and can be automated from AutoCAD (since you want to open it from AutoCAD). So, is there such an application? Probably. However, in your case, it can be done in a lot easier way: simply use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() with either pfd file name or a ProcessStartInfo argument supplied to start a default PDF application in the computer, as long as the computer has a PDF application installed, most likely, Adobe PDF Reader.
Well, what you asked is "a way to open a pdf...".
Now you are saying it is "PDFIMPORT" command, which is importing data into AutoCAD as AutoCAD entity, as your previous post asked.
Regarding to your previous post, want to run command "PDFIMPORT", but have difficult to bypass the open file dialog box (which is NOT OPENING PDF itself, it only service the purpose to get a valid file name). If your current question is still on that topic, here is what you can try in code: set system variable "FILEDIA" to 0 prior to send command "PDFIMPORT"
Application.SetSystemVariable("FILEDIA", 0);
command="-PDFIMPORT f '" + userFile + "' 1 ......"
You may want to set "FILEDIA" back after the command completed (in CommandEnded event handler, maybe?).
Accepted solution
Well, after figuring out what system variable "FILEDIA" means, it is just a matter of try-error-try needed to figure out how to feed all the inputs required at command line.
Since you are using Acad2017 (Acad2015 or later), executing Acad command with Editor.Command() method would be much easier than Document.SendStringToExecute() in this case (a command with many user inputs).
Here is the Editor.Command() version of code, which works with my Acad2018:
[CommandMethod("PdfIn")]
public static void ImportPdf()
{
var dwg = CadApp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
var ed = dwg.Editor;
try
{
//Save original FILEDIA value and then set it to 0
int fileDia = Convert.ToInt32(CadApp.GetSystemVariable("FILEDIA"));
CadApp.SetSystemVariable("FILEDIA", 0);
ed.Command("-PDFIMPORT", "f", "D:/Temp/TestPdf.pdf", 1, "10.0,10.0", 1.0, 0.0);
}
catch(System.Exception ex)
{
CadApp.ShowAlertDialog(ex.Message);
}
finally
{
//Restore changed FILEDIA value back to original
CadApp.SetSystemVariable("FILEDIA", fileDia);
}
}
However, Editor.Command() can only be called in Document Context. If you want to do it in Application context (such as doing it from button click of a modeless window, you cannot call Editor.Command(), so, a Document.SendStringToExecution(0 version would still needed as below, which also works OK with my Acad2018:
[CommandMethod("PdfIn", CommandFlags.Session)]
public static void ImportPdf()
{
var dwg = CadApp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
var ed = dwg.Editor;
//Save origial FILEDIA value
int fileDia = Convert.ToInt32(CadApp.GetSystemVariable("FILEDIA"));
//Set FILEDIA value to 0
dwg.SendStringToExecute("(setvar \"FILEDIA\" 0)\r", true, false, false);
//Start command -PDFIMPORT with pdf file name supplied
var cmd = "-PDFIMPORT f \"D:\\Temp\\TestPdf.pdf\"\r";
dwg.SendStringToExecute(cmd, true, false, false);
// supply page input
dwg.SendStringToExecute("1\r", true, false, false);
// supply insertion location input
dwg.SendStringToExecute("10.0,10.0\r", true, false, false);
// supply scale input
dwg.SendStringToExecute("1.0\r", true, false, false);
// supply rotation input
dwg.SendStringToExecute("30.0\r", true, false, false);
// restore FILEDIA back to original
dwg.SendStringToExecute($"(setvar \"FILEDIA\" {fileDia})\r", true, false, false);
}
Notice that I added CommandFlags.Session to make this command being executed in Application context, thus I must use Document.SendStringToExecution(), rather than Editor.Command().
By the way, this forum is meant for AutoCAD VBA/COM API, while your post is about AutoCAD .NET API, which should be posted in .NET forum.
Ah, this line:
int fileDia = Convert.ToInt32(CadApp.GetSystemVariable("FILEDIA"));
should be move before
try
{
}
catch{}
finally{}
Attached video clip below shows how the code being executed line by line in debugging mode and the result.
When I run this code, then do Netload as usual, the PDFIN command doesn't show up in AutoCAD for some reason.
How does the second way work for you? For me this line gives me 14 errors:
dwg.SendStringToExecute($"(setvar \"FILEDIA\" {fileDia})\r", true, false, false);
I found away around the "command not showing up" in my previous reply.
I want to try the second way. I'm assuming its a really small thing that's giving so many errors. Is there a reference or another library I need to include?
Code like
var stringValue = $"xxxxx{varName}xxxx";
is C# 6.0 feature (.NET 4.6 or later)
Obviously, you are targeting .NET4.5. SO, simply change that line to
dwg.SendStringToExecute("(setvar \"FILEDIA\" " + fileDia.ToString() + ")\r", true, false, false)
