Can I get a drawings projectpath var and then loo for that path using dbx?

I have a bunch of drawings that have xrefs with "bare" paths.
The person who set them up used project paths, now I have to reconstruct what that path might have been.
So, I want to open up the drawings through dbx,
then get the projectname variable,
then look at the preferences object to try to get that projects path.

Now I can do everything but get a drawings ProjectPath variable through the object model.
Anyone know how to do this?
Remember, I dont want the path of a particular project, I want to the projectpath variable of a drawing.
Its easy to confuse the two since vla-GetProjectFilePath seems like the right one.
thanks
James Maeding
Civil Engineer/Programmer

 

that was "...go look" in the subject. I'm already loo (short for looney...)

James Maeding <>
|>I have a bunch of drawings that have xrefs with "bare" paths.
|>The person who set them up used project paths, now I have to reconstruct what that path might have been.
|>So, I want to open up the drawings through dbx,
|>then get the projectname variable,
|>then look at the preferences object to try to get that projects path.
|>
|>Now I can do everything but get a drawings ProjectPath variable through the object model.
|>Anyone know how to do this?
|>Remember, I dont want the path of a particular project, I want to the projectpath variable of a drawing.
|>Its easy to confuse the two since vla-GetProjectFilePath seems like the right one.
|>thanks
|>James Maeding
|>Civil Engineer/Programmer

James Maeding
Civil Engineer/Programmer

 

what, no responses? have I stumped the best of the best....

James Maeding <>
|>I have a bunch of drawings that have xrefs with "bare" paths.
|>The person who set them up used project paths, now I have to reconstruct what that path might have been.
|>So, I want to open up the drawings through dbx,
|>then get the projectname variable,
|>then look at the preferences object to try to get that projects path.
|>
|>Now I can do everything but get a drawings ProjectPath variable through the object model.
|>Anyone know how to do this?
|>Remember, I dont want the path of a particular project, I want to the projectpath variable of a drawing.
|>Its easy to confuse the two since vla-GetProjectFilePath seems like the right one.
|>thanks
|>James Maeding
|>Civil Engineer/Programmer

James Maeding
Civil Engineer/Programmer

 

James, once you have the Projectname and it is not "", the Project settings
are stored in the registry under the profile it was created in. For
instance, I just created a "test" project and this is the key that was
created in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R15.0\ACAD-138:409\Profiles\Land
Desktop\Project Settings\test
The key had the key named "RefSearchPath" with the value I had created.

HTH
--
Jeff
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what that path might have been.

projectpath variable of a drawing.

 

but isn't the trick getting the ProjectName variable from the drawing with
dbx in the first place?

I've tried that in the past with no success so was waiting with baited
breath for someone to answer James' question of how to get the System
Variable"ProjectName" from a dwg via dbx.

dbx will return some system variables(of those which are stored in the dwg)
and not others in my experience
I don't know the difference between the ones it can access and cannot
access.

but that's a good piece of info on where the paths' are stored, so far I've
just used GetProjectFilePath and SetProjectFilePath to get those settings
'
lurking with interest
Mark

 

Correct me if I'm wrong - because I don't use projects - but the PROJECTNAME
variable saves the name of the project saved in the registry which in turn
saves the path. So if the project doesn't exist it's not much use getting
the name?


jb

what that path might have been.

projectpath variable of a drawing.

 

James:

Please clarify. Do you mean the "ProjectName" variable, or the LDT project? If
it's the "ProjectName" variable, then my guess is you can't access it via
ObjectDbx because the (vla-getvariable) function won't work in that context

Hope I'm wrong. :/

projectpath variable of a drawing.

 

No, because the PROJECTNAME system variable is not stored
in the DWG file to begin with. You can get it from the registry.

 

Oops. Sorry, PROJECTNAME is stored in the drawing. The
paths are in the registry.

Unfortunately, via ObjectDBX ActiveX, there is no access to
drawing variables.

However, AcadX does allow you to read them (via the
AcadXDatabase.GetVariable() method).

 

No, you were right, I need the variable from the drawing.

The reason I need this is to attempt to resolve what the xref path was on a drawing that has no xref paths.
So I wanted to see what project (PROJECTNAME) the drawings were using and do something intelligent with that.

I'll have to try Tony's tool.

Hey Tony, I know life is uncertain, but could you comment on if you plan to keep your tools going for the next few acad
versions at least? Thanks in advance.

"John Uhden" <>
|>James:
|>
|>Please clarify. Do you mean the "ProjectName" variable, or the LDT project? If
|>it's the "ProjectName" variable, then my guess is you can't access it via
|>ObjectDbx because the (vla-getvariable) function won't work in that context
|>
|>Hope I'm wrong. :/

James Maeding
Civil Engineer/Programmer