/// <summary>
/// Return a document set as an IEnumerable by building a list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ds">the document set source</param>
/// <returns>an IEnumerable for the DocumentSet</returns>
public static IEnumerable <Document> GetEnumerable(this DocumentSet ds)
{
List <Document> docSetEnum = new List <Document>();
DocumentSetIterator iter = ds.ForwardIterator();
while (iter.MoveNext())
{
docSetEnum.Add((Document)iter.Current);
}
return(docSetEnum);
}
private void updateDocumentList(Document selectedDocument)
{
// fill the documents to the comboxbox _cbDocuments.
DBDocumentItem activeItem = null;
_cbDocuments.Items.Clear();
DocumentSetIterator docIter = _application.Documents.ForwardIterator();
docIter.Reset();
while (docIter.MoveNext())
{
Document dbDoc = docIter.Current as Document;
String documentName = null;
DBDocumentItem item = null;
if (dbDoc != null)
{
if (dbDoc.IsFamilyDocument)
{
item = new DBDocumentItem(dbDoc.PathName, dbDoc);
}
else
{
String projName = dbDoc.ProjectInformation.Name;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(projName) || projName.ToLower().CompareTo("project name") == 0)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(dbDoc.PathName))
{
documentName = projName;
}
else
{
documentName = new System.IO.FileInfo(dbDoc.PathName).Name;
}
}
else
{
documentName = projName;
}
item = new DBDocumentItem(documentName, dbDoc);
}
if (dbDoc.Equals(selectedDocument))
{
_dbDocument = selectedDocument;
activeItem = item;
}
_cbDocuments.Items.Add(item);
}
}
_cbDocuments.Items.Add(new DBDocumentItem());
_cbDocuments.SelectedItem = activeItem;
}
BatchPrinting()
{
try {
/// get files to process from user
OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog.Title = "Select all files to send to printer";
openFileDialog.Multiselect = true;
openFileDialog.Filter = "RVT Files (*.rvt)|*.rvt";
DocumentSet docSet = new DocumentSet();
if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.OK)
{
return;
}
/// create a document set of all selected files
foreach (string fileName in openFileDialog.FileNames)
{
/// could directly deal with doc here but...
/// just testing out DocumentSet
Document doc = m_revitApp.Application.OpenDocumentFile(fileName);
docSet.Insert(doc);
}
/// process each file in the Document set
DocumentSetIterator docSetIter = docSet.ForwardIterator();
while (docSetIter.MoveNext())
{
Document doc = docSetIter.Current as Document;
ViewSet views = Utils.View.GetAvailableViewsToExport(doc);
/// TBD: remove comments after figuring out
/// why doc.EndTransaction() triggers asserts,
/// Note that it still works , but the asserts can be a nuisance
/// while dealing with multiple files 01/12/07
///// align text middle and center
//TextAlignFlags align = TextAlignFlags.TEF_ALIGN_MIDDLE ^ TextAlignFlags.TEF_ALIGN_CENTER;
///// the way to add an element for a document
///// in memory is within a transaction
//if (doc.BeginTransaction()) {
// /// to identify what is printed
// foreach (Autodesk.Revit.DB.View view in views) {
// XYZ origin = new XYZ(view.CropBox.Max.X, view.CropBox.Min.Y, 0.0);
// doc.Create.NewTextNote(view, origin, GeomUtils.kXAxis,
// view.ViewDirection, 15.0, .25,
// align, view.ViewName);
// }
//}
///// TBD: Asserts "unnamed transaction" ... dunno why
////doc.EndTransaction();
//doc.Save();
///// print now
doc.Print(views);
}
/// feedback to user
MessageBox.Show("Done Printing!");
}
catch (Exception e) {
MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
}
}