ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand and menu choice to create a .pdf file

MudratDetector — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:00:07 GMT

WIN 10 / AC24

I am trying to create a .pdf file of the current layout sheet by using the Do_Save_PdfFile function found in ..\Examples\Automate_Functions. Instead of a .pdf file, I get an APIERR_REFUSEDCMD error. I am trying to figure out how to properly use the code proveded to do this.

Here is my version of the Do_Save_PdfFile function copied from ..\Examples\Automate_Functions:

static void Do_Save_PdfFile(void) { API_FileSavePars fsp = {}; GSErrCode err; fsp.fileTypeID = APIFType_PdfFile; IO::Location folderLoc; API_SpecFolderID specID = API_UserDocumentsFolderID; ACAPI_Environment(APIEnv_GetSpecFolderID, &specID, &folderLoc); fsp.file = new IO::Location(folderLoc, IO::Name("PDFTest.pdf")); err = ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand("Create PDF", [&]() -> GSErrCode { return ACAPI_Automate(APIDo_SaveID, &fsp); // <<<--- ERROR HERE }); ACAPI_Automate(APIDo_SaveID, &fsp); if (err != NoError) ACAPI_WriteReport("Error in APIDo_SaveID (PDF): %s", true, ErrID_To_Name(err)); else ACAPI_WriteReport("Done.", true); //delete fsp.file; return; } // Do_Save_PdfFile

Here is my menu call to this function:

GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL MenuCommandHandler (const API_MenuParams *params) { return ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand("JHP_DrawingUpdate Menu Command", [&]() -> GSErrCode { switch (params->menuItemRef.menuResID) { case JHP_DRAWINGUPDATE_MENU_STRINGSID: { switch (params->menuItemRef.itemIndex) { case 1: { Do_ListDatabases(APIDb_GetLayoutDatabasesID, "layout"); break; } case 2: { Do_Save_PdfFile(); break; } case 3: {...

Graphisoft documentation on APIDo_SaveID indicates a few causes for this error.

- - the function is called from the notification level; the command is refused if other addons are running.

Notification level??? I'm not even sure what that is and how I would get myself off of or away from the notification level
Is an addon that is a constant event listener/reactor part of "other addons are running"? I do have that in place.

- - cannot be called in the demo version

I am running a fully licensed version and have been since 19.

- - cannot be called neither during undoable operations nor during non-undoable commands

I am wrapping my call in ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand, both at the MenuCommandHandler level and the APIDo_SaveID level. Am I doing this wrong?

Or would an API version of Document > Publish with my PDF publisher set be a better approach?

Thanks for any insight you can provide,

Chris

Re: ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand and menu choice to create a .pdf file

Viktor Kovacs — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:25:09 GMT

Have you tried not wrapping it in a ACAPI_CallUndoableCommand? Checking the Automate_Functions example it doesn't wrap it either, and the documentation states that it doesn't needed.

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