{"id":20,"date":"2008-08-18T05:09:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T23:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallguru.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2008-08-18T05:09:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T23:39:27","slug":"customize-autodesk-inventor-api-using-csharp-part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ar-cad.com\/smallguru\/2008\/08\/customize-autodesk-inventor-api-using-csharp-part2\/","title":{"rendered":"Customize Autodesk Inventor API using C# – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Watch High Resolution video on AR-CAD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you have gone through my previous posts on Inventor API a) Introduction to Autodesk Inventor API and Customization<\/a> and b) Customize Autodesk Inventor using C#<\/a>. It is also assumed that you have gone through DevTV: Introduction to Inventor Programming Video, which is on Inventor Customization <\/a>page. In the above video, we connect to Inventor API from Visual C# (Visual Studio 2005). I have just replaced the VB.NET code that was used in DevTV tutorial with the corresponding C# code. You can see the comparison below. Please note how GetObject in VB.NET is replaced by a much more lengthier code. If the above youtube video is not very clear, watch it on AR-CAD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

VB.NET Code<\/strong>
\n[sourcecode language=’vb’]
\nDim oApp As Inventor.Application
\noApp = GetObject( , “Inventor.Application”)
\nMsgBox(“Number of open docs = ” & oApp.Documents.Count)
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

Visual C# Code<\/strong>
\n[sourcecode language=’c#’]
\nInventor.Application oApp;
\n\/\/The below initialization is on a single line
\noApp =
\n(Inventor.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshall.
\nGetActiveObject(“Inventor.Application”);<\/p>\n

int number_int = oApp.Documents.Count;
\nstring number_string = Convert.ToString(number_int);<\/p>\n

MessageBox.Show (“Number of open docs =” + number_string);
\n[\/sourcecode] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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