AcadSummaryInfo documentation

Does anyone have any documentation on AcadSummaryInfo?? I can't seem to find anything in ANY of the help files.

Thanks in advance!

~ Matt W

 

The only documentation (other than F2) is in the Readme:

To use VBA or AutoLISP to access drawing properties such as Title, Subject,
Author, and Keywords, the IAcadSummaryInfo interface must be used. The
IAcadSummaryInfo interface is accessible as the SummaryInfo property of the
Document object in the AutoCAD object model. The interface has 8 string
(BSTR) properties (Author, Comments, HyperlinkBase, Keywords, LastSavedBy,
RevisionNumber, Subject, and Title), as well as methods for using custom
properties. The index of a custom property is zero-based. Its range is zero
to the number of custom properties, minus one. Additional information on
IAcadSummaryInfo is available in the VBA Object Browser.


But the object model is rather straight-forward. Did you have a particular
concern?


--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| Does anyone have any documentation on AcadSummaryInfo?? I can't seem to
find anything in ANY of the help files.
|
| Thanks in advance!
|
| ~ Matt W

 

Robert: Thanks for the reply. I figured either you or Frank O would chime in sooner or later.

Is there any way to set the Title and Author?? It seems that they're just read-only.

Also, how many custom information fields can be set??
At first glance, it would appear that the Custom tab of the drawing properties would only allow you to set 20 custom fields, but, when I use AddCustomInfo, it seems that you can add as many as you want (I.E. I've successfully added 3100 according to NumCustomInfo). Where does this extra info go and how can it be accessed??

Basically what I'm getting at is....
I want to create a little prog that runs inside the AcadDocument_BeginSave function that will record, in the fields of the Custom tab, who last saved the drawing and the date and when all of the Custom Properties fields are used up, I want to add the new information at the bottom and shift everything up a level.

Thanks in advance!

~ Matt W

 

Matt,

The Title and Author are *not* RO; I don't know what you tried. Does this
example clear things up (esp. regarding the Custom fields)?

Sub Test()
Dim infoSummary As AcadSummaryInfo
Set infoSummary = ThisDrawing.SummaryInfo

infoSummary.Author = "R. Robert Bell"
infoSummary.Title = "SummaryInfo Test"

infoSummary.AddCustomInfo "Save1", "Rebel"
Dim i As Integer
Dim pKey As String
Dim pValue As String
For i = 0 To infoSummary.NumCustomInfo - 1
infoSummary.GetCustomByIndex i, pKey, pValue
Debug.Print i, pKey, pValue
Next i
End Sub



--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| Robert: Thanks for the reply. I figured either you or Frank O would chime
in sooner or later.
|
| Is there any way to set the Title and Author?? It seems that they're just
read-only.
|
| Also, how many custom information fields can be set??
| At first glance, it would appear that the Custom tab of the drawing
properties would only allow you to set 20 custom fields, but, when I use
AddCustomInfo, it seems that you can add as many as you want (I.E. I've
successfully added 3100 according to NumCustomInfo). Where does this extra
info go and how can it be accessed??
|
| Basically what I'm getting at is....
| I want to create a little prog that runs inside the
AcadDocument_BeginSave function that will record, in the fields of the
Custom tab, who last saved the drawing and the date and when all of the
Custom Properties fields are used up, I want to add the new information at
the bottom and shift everything up a level.
|
| Thanks in advance!
|
| ~ Matt W

 

Hello Robert, is this for acad 2004 only? I am trying it in 2002 and the
object browser doen't seem to recognize it at all.

Is it different for 2002?

Any help will greatly appreciated.

Ramon.

 

Yes, it is different.

Prior to A2k4, you need to look in the dictionary ("DWGPROPS") for the
information.



--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


|
| Hello Robert, is this for acad 2004 only? I am trying it in 2002 and the
| object browser doen't seem to recognize it at all.
|
| Is it different for 2002?
|
| Any help will greatly appreciated.
|
| Ramon.
|
|
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Does anyone here know if Randall Rath has a license
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Thank you Robert, now I have another question. You probably know the
answer; how can you access the properties outside of ACAD. Or any other
app. Most Windows documents have properties, which can be viewed with
Windows Explorer. Is there an ARX or other that can help read the
information?

Thanks again, (peanuts to you)

Ramon.

 

There is a redistributal ActiveX control in the Developers section of my
web site for reading the summary info without AutoCAD.

BTW, an arx is by definition 'inside' AutoCAD

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CADwerx--Applications for AutoCAD
Autodesk Registered Developer
Contact Info @ http://www.cadwerx.net
Custom Programming Services - ObjectARX/C++/MFC/ASP/STL/ATL/ISAPI...

 

Thanks for mentioning that Byron; I didn't know you had one there.

--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


"Byron Blattel" <byronatcadwerxdotnet> wrote in message
| ramonc wrote:
|
| There is a redistributal ActiveX control in the Developers section of my
| web site for reading the summary info without AutoCAD.
|
| BTW, an arx is by definition 'inside' AutoCAD
|

 

Didn't until right before I posted

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Best regards,

Byron Blattel
CADwerx--Applications for AutoCAD
Autodesk Registered Developer
Contact Info @ http://www.cadwerx.net
Custom Programming Services - ObjectARX/C++/MFC/ASP/STL/ATL/ISAPI...

 

Thank you Byron, and yes, you are right ARX is within Autocad.
Ramon.

 

Byron,

Just downloaded dwgpropsx and tried it out in VB. I could reference everything okay but all the properties came up blank (except the dates which came up 12:00:00 AM). Any chance of a quick VB wrapper here and/or on your site?

Thanks

Wayne Ivory
IT Analyst Programmer
Wespine Industries Pty Ltd

 

Well, my VB is pretty poor but this works for me-

Dim dwgprops As DWGPROPSXLib.Properties
Set dwgprops = New DWGPROPSXLib.Properties
dwgprops.Load "C:\Program Files\ACAD2000\SUPPORT\chroma.dwg"
MsgBox (dwgprops.Title)
MsgBox (dwgprops.Keywords)
MsgBox (dwgprops.Author)
Set dwgprops = Nothing

Note this is a read-only control the info still needs to be added via
AutoCAD/ObjectDBX methods.

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Best regards,

Byron Blattel
CADwerx--Applications for AutoCAD
Autodesk Registered Developer
Contact Info @ http://www.cadwerx.net
Custom Programming Services - ObjectARX/C++/MFC/ASP/STL/ATL/ISAPI...

 

YES HE DOES.

 

Does anyone know if Mr. Google has a license
to reproduce the contents of this newsgroup on his
web site?

 

http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/posting_terms.html

Read what it says under "Use of Material"

(You can read, can't you?)



Copyright (c)2004 Tony Tanzillo
Unauthorized reproduction expressly prohibited.

 

I dont get it. (Seriously, im not trying to be a smarta.. or anything.)
Isnt he getting the "info" from acad? --I seriously doubt hes going
thru google to get the info. (??)-- So that 'use of material' of
googles wouldnt apply. ...right?

What is wrong with Randall displaying the information on his site?

 

It looks like he's working from the NTTP protocol. I don't see the
difference between what he's doing and any newsgroup reader. It just
happens to be via a web interface...

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Best regards,

Byron Blattel
CADwerx--Applications for AutoCAD
Autodesk Registered Developer
Contact Info @ http://www.cadwerx.net
Custom Programming Services - ObjectARX/C++/MFC/ASP/STL/ATL/ISAPI...