Topic: How to save active drawing?

[Viktor]

Whenver i try to save the active drawing's database I fail, how do you do it? must be something very simple i overlooked, but in the .net book i have saveas command is used like 3 times and they are not active drawings either way.

Something simple like this:

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<CommandMethod("savetest", CommandFlags.UsePickSet)> _
    Public Sub savetest()
        Dim doc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.Open("C:\test\00F8NS01.dwg", False)
        Dim db As Database = doc.Database
        Dim ed As Editor = doc.Editor
        doc.SendStringToExecute("qsave" & vbCr, False, False, False) ' doesn't work, not sure why
        db.SaveAs(db.Filename, DwgVersion.Current) ' errors errors errors....
        doc.CloseAndDiscard()
    End Sub
Thanks.

[Bryco]

does Filename have a value and have .dwg on the end?

[T.Willey]

You might need to set the CommandFlags to Session.

[Kerry]

Have a look at the  'AutoCAD .NET Developer's Guide'

Search for
'Save and Close a Drawing' or 'SaveAs'

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using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
 
[CommandMethod("SaveActiveDrawing")]
public static void SaveActiveDrawing()
{
  Document acDoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
  string strDWGName = acDoc.Name;
 
  object obj = Application.GetSystemVariable("DWGTITLED");
 
  // Check to see if the drawing has been named
  if (System.Convert.ToInt16(obj) == 0)
  {
      // If the drawing is using a default name (Drawing1, Drawing2, etc)
      // then provide a new name
      strDWGName = "c:\\MyDrawing.dwg";
  }
 
  // Save the active drawing
  acDoc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, true, DwgVersion.Current,
                        acDoc.Database.SecurityParameters);
}

[Viktor]

Kerry you win the prize, after about 3 hours of pulling my hair I remember someone asked a similar question to Kean Wimsley on the experts exchange last week, started to dig around the web and found this as well:
acDoc.Database.SaveAs(acDoc.Name, True, DwgVersion.Current, acDoc.Database.SecurityParameters)

Sure enough this works, but it boggles my mind why leave the other 2 options still there if they don't work?

Thanks again to all.