DesignViewAssociative does not work for Documents.OpenWithOptions

By Xiaodong Liang

Issue
I set DesignViewAssociative in an option for Documents.OpenWithOptions. But OpenWithOptions failed.

Solution
DesignViewAssociative does not support with Documents.Open. But you can still control the option by

- AssemblyOptions. DefaultDesignViewIsAssociative   (Inventor 2010 and before)
- FileOpenOptions. DefaultDesignViewIsAssociative   (Inventor 2011)

static void Test()

{ 

    // assume we have had Inventor application

 

    // Create a new NameValueMap object

    NameValueMap oDocOpenOptions =

      _InvApplication.TransientObjects.CreateNameValueMap();

 

 // Set the representations to use when opening the document.

   oDocOpenOptions.Add(

          "LevelOfDetailRepresentation", "MyLODRep");

    oDocOpenOptions.Add(

          "PositionalRepresentation", "MyPositionalRep");

    oDocOpenOptions.Add(

           "DesignViewRepresentation", "MyDesignViewRep");

//  oDocOpenOptions.Add(

           "DefaultDesignViewIsAssociative", false);

 

    FileOpenOptions oFileOp = 

        _InvApplication.FileOptions.FileOpenOptions;

    if (oFileOp.DefaultDesignView ==

         DesignViewTypeEnum.kLastActiveDesignViewType)

    {

     // This property is only applicable if the default

     // design view is 'Last Active' as indicated by the

     //DefaultDesignView property

     // returning kLastActiveDesignViewType. If the default

     // design view is any other value, then this property is

     // not applicable and setting it will fail.

        oFileOp.DefaultDesignViewIsAssociative = false;

    }

 

        // Open the document.

    AssemblyDocument oDoc =

        (AssemblyDocument)_InvApplication.Documents.OpenWithOptions(

                            @"C:\Temp\test.iam",

                            oDocOpenOptions, true); 

 

}