frostrap Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Here's a noob .net question for ya. When I open a drawing using the Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.Open() method the drawing opens, but does not switch to be the active document. Also, midway through loading the drawing that I ask it to, autocad stops and shows "Macro Name: " in the command line (just after acad.lsp has been loaded. Here's the code I'm running: [size=2]<CommandMethod([/size][size=2][color=#a31515][size=2][color=#a31515]"OpenJob"[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2])> _[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Public[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Sub[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] OpenJob()[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Dim[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] ed [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]As[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] Editor = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Dim[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] thePrompt [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]As[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] PromptResult = ed.GetString(ControlChars.Lf + [/size][size=2][color=#a31515][size=2][color=#a31515]"Enter Job Number : "[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2])[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] If[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] (thePrompt.Status = PromptStatus.OK) [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Then[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Dim[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] theDialog [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]As[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]New[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Try[/color][/size][/color][/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] 'the function openjnfolder returns a path as a string[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Dim[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] thePath [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]As[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]String[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] = OpenJNFolder(thePrompt.StringResult.ToString, [/size][size=2][color=#a31515][size=2][color=#a31515]"A Job Name"[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2], [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]True[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2], [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]True[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2])[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff] [/color]theDialog.Title = [/size][size=2][color=#a31515][size=2][color=#a31515]"Job "[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] + thePrompt.StringResult.ToString[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff] [/color]theDialog.InitialDirectory = thePath[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] If[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] theDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Then[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2]Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.Open(theDialog.FileName, [/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]False[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2])[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] End[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]If[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] Catch[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2]MsgBox([/size][size=2][color=#a31515][size=2][color=#a31515]"Couldn't locate job number "[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2] + thePrompt.StringResult.ToString)[/size] [size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] End[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Try[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff] End[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]If[/color][/size] [/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]End[/color][/size][/color][/size][size=2][color=#0000ff][size=2][color=#0000ff]Sub[/color][/size] [/color][/size] How do I get the document I'm trying to open to be the active document, and how do I avoid the strange hang I seem to be having after acad.lsp loads (the "Macro Name: " issue)? Any input is welcome, Thanks, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 In order to activate the target document you would do something like: Dim docCol As DocumentCollection = Application.DocumentManager . . . . targDoc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.Open(theDialog.FileName, False) docCol.MdiActiveDocument = targDoc WRT the “Macro Name: “ interuption; it sounds like acad.lsp has a S::Startup set to run an unavailable Macro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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