ObjectDBX and Read-Only DWGs

I've got a proggy that I'm developing that will cycle through a bunch of
drawings, grab information from certain blocks, create an instance of Excel,
dump the block info onto 3 sheets within Excel and basically create a
printable report.

However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab information
even if it was in use. Is this not the case??!? Is there a workaround??!?

AutoCAD 2004 (Building Systems) on WinXP Pro

 

No. Not only can it not do read-only, but it can't do dwt's either. I wrote a class module to handle these.
http://64.227.78.21/empower/exchange/submissionpopup.asp?SubmissionNumber=EX001229

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Ed
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I've got a proggy that I'm developing that will cycle through a bunch of
drawings, grab information from certain blocks, create an instance of Excel,
dump the block info onto 3 sheets within Excel and basically create a
printable report.

However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab information
even if it was in use. Is this not the case??!? Is there a workaround??!?

AutoCAD 2004 (Building Systems) on WinXP Pro

 

I guess so.

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Ed
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Could you post the ZIP file here?? Our IT department won't let us download files from "un-authorized" sites. I do, however, has permission to download from the NGs.

Thanks!

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Matt W

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
No. Not only can it not do read-only, but it can't do dwt's either. I wrote a class module to handle these.
http://64.227.78.21/empower/exchange/submissionpopup.asp?SubmissionNumber=EX001229

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Ed
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I've got a proggy that I'm developing that will cycle through a bunch of
drawings, grab information from certain blocks, create an instance of Excel,
dump the block info onto 3 sheets within Excel and basically create a
printable report.

However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab information
even if it was in use. Is this not the case??!? Is there a workaround??!?

AutoCAD 2004 (Building Systems) on WinXP Pro

 

It appears that's what I'll have to do. I keep getting this darn "the dll
was loaded but the entry point was not found yada, yada, yada" message.

And yes, I changed it from axdb15 to axdb16.
Any thoughts, Ed?

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Matt W

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
| Matt W wrote:
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| > However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
| > another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab
information
| > even if it was in use.
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| Copy the file to a temp folder, walk through that, then erase it.
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| Terry

 

My class handles that (except that the version I gave you is not the latest, sorry. I'll post it later). And Terry's suggestion is how I handle the errors, automatically.

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Ed
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It appears that's what I'll have to do. I keep getting this darn "the dll
was loaded but the entry point was not found yada, yada, yada" message.

And yes, I changed it from axdb15 to axdb16.
Any thoughts, Ed?

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Matt W

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
| Matt W wrote:
|
| > However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
| > another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab
information
| > even if it was in use.
|
| Copy the file to a temp folder, walk through that, then erase it.
|
| Terry

 

This one is tested in adt 05.

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Ed
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My class handles that (except that the version I gave you is not the latest, sorry. I'll post it later). And Terry's suggestion is how I handle the errors, automatically.

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Ed
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It appears that's what I'll have to do. I keep getting this darn "the dll
was loaded but the entry point was not found yada, yada, yada" message.

And yes, I changed it from axdb15 to axdb16.
Any thoughts, Ed?

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Matt W

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
| Matt W wrote:
|
| > However, it doesn't seem to completely work when a drawing is opened by
| > another user. I thought that DBX could open a drawing and grab
information
| > even if it was in use.
|
| Copy the file to a temp folder, walk through that, then erase it.
|
| Terry

 

One more option: you can always make a temporary copy and work with the
copy. It is more safe.