Topic: Closing the DST error

[pBe]

Good Day all,

I modified a code found at http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2010/05/populating-a-tree-view-inside-autocad-with-sheet-set-data-using-net-part-2.html

I'm having trouble with the order of things, although the code did what it was supposed to do. [Write to sheet view] it always gives me the error

Application does not support just-in-time (JIT)
debugging. See the end of this message for details.

************** Exception Text **************
Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception: eNullPtr
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Document.get_CommandInProgress()
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.StatusBar.StatusBarContainer.IsAnyCommandInProcess()
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.StatusBar.StatusBarContainer.AcadApplication_Idle(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.raise_Idle(Object value0, EventArgs value1)
   at Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.OnIdle()

Appears that "a" file is still opened, not sure if its the TEXT file or the DST file that is still "CommandInProgress".

by TEXT file i mean a .txt file where the information is stored. I had it up and running before , but the difference is before it was one item one call to SheetViewWrite, now i incorporated a while to read an external file the call SheetViewWrite once.

I did the same thing with XREFATTACH succesfully, but im not getting any error there. guess its the DST then? Been at it for 2 days now, with no luck.

Here's the modified code

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1. using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
2. using Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput;
3. using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime;
4. using ACSMCOMPONENTS21Lib;
5. using System;
6.  
7.  
8. namespace MyApplication
9. {
10.     public class Commands
11.     {
12.  
13.  
14.         [CommandMethod("SheetViewWrite")]
15.         public void PopulateSheetView()
16.         {
17.             Document acDoc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Core.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
18.  
19.  
20.             string ssFilePath = userInput("\nEnter Sheet Set Name: ");
21.             Editor ed = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor;
22.  
23.  
24.             // Get the SheetSet Manager
25.             AcSmSheetSetMgr mgr = new AcSmSheetSetMgr();
26.  
27.  
28.             // Create a new SheetSet Database
29.             AcSmDatabase db = new AcSmDatabase();
30.  
31.  
32.             // Try and load a default DST file...
33.             try
34.             {
35.                 db = mgr.OpenDatabase(ssFilePath, true);
36.             }
37.             catch (System.Exception ex)
38.             {
39.                 ed.WriteMessage(ex.ToString());
40.                 return;
41.             }
42.  
43.  
44.             // Lock the db for processing
45.             db.LockDb(db);
46.  
47.  
48.             AcSmSheetSet ss = db.GetSheetSet();
49.             PromptStringOptions SSVsource = new PromptStringOptions("Enter Source: ");
50.             SSVsource.AllowSpaces = true;
51.             PromptResult fileRes = acDoc.Editor.GetString(SSVsource);
52.  
53.  
54.             string svfilePath = (fileRes.StringResult);
55.             using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(svfilePath))
56.  
57.  
58.             {
59.                 while (!reader.EndOfStream)
60.                 {
61.                     string textLine2 = reader.ReadLine();
62.                     string componentName    = textLine2.Split(',')[2];
63.                     string componentValue    = textLine2.Split(',')[3];
64.  
65.  
66.                     try
67.                     {
68.                         ProcessItems(db, false, componentValue, componentName);
69.                     }
70.                     catch { }
71.  
72.  
73.                     // Use the sheet enumerator to process the contents
74.  
75.  
76.                     try
77.                     {
78.                         ProcessEnumerator(ss.GetSheetEnumerator(), true, componentValue, componentName);
79.                     }
80.                     catch { }
81.                 }
82.             }
83.  
84.  
85.             db.UnlockDb(db, true);
86.             mgr.Close(db);
87.  
88.  
89.             acDoc.Dispose();
90.         }

Thank you

[pBe]

it's odd, All i did is commented out one line, it works and the error went away

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acDoc.Dispose();
But i know i'm supposed to implement a dispose right?  Otherwise it will  consume large amounts of memory?

FWIW ,what is the correct way to dispose? or should i even dispose acDoc?

Thank you in advance

[gile]

Hi,

You should never dispose a document, AutoCAD takes care of that.

With AutoCAD API, you must dispose transactions, locked documents, and every dbobject which is not handled by a transaction e.g.: opened with theObjectId.Open() method or any new dbobject (created with new or a method generating a DBObjectCollection as Explode()) which is not added to a transaction (when added to a transaction, this transaction will take care to dispose the object when disposing itself).

[pBe]

Hi,

You should never dispose a document, AutoCAD takes care of that.

With AutoCAD API, you must dispose.....

Thank you for the info Gile, appreciate the time.