Function DetachPdfDefinition( _
   IPdfDefinition* PdfDefinition As PdfDefinition _
) As System.Boolean

System.bool DetachPdfDefinition( 
   PdfDefinition PdfDefinition
)

DetachPdfDefinition( 
   PdfDefinition : PdfDefinition\n) : dsSystem.boolean

HRESULT DetachPdfDefinition( 
   dsPdfDefinition* dsPdfDefinition*
,
   VARIANT_BOOL* Retval
) 

DSRESULT DetachPdfDefinition( 
   IPdfDefinition* IPdfDefinition*
,
   bool* Retval
) 

Parameters

PdfDefinition

PDF definition

Parameters

Retval[out] or Return Value

True if successful, false if not

Create a C++ program in Visual Studio using the C++ snippet below, substituting your_pdf with the full path to a PDF file on your computer.

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C++ snippet attaches and detaches your_pdf

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dsCommandMessage_ptr commandline;

application->GetCommandMessage(&commandline);

dsRunCommandError_e error = dsRunCommand_InvalidCommand;

dsStringArray parameters;

dsLongArray parametersLong;

dsString strFile = L"your_pdf";

dsResType_e type = dsResType_String;

parameters.add( strFile );

parametersLong.add( type );

application->RunCommand2( L"_ATTACHPDF", parameters, parametersLong, true, &error );

commandline->PrintLine( error != dsRunCommand_Succeeded ? L"Run command failed" : L"Run command passed!" );

dsDocument_ptr document;

application->GetActiveDocument( &document );

dsLongArray ExternalDefinitionTypeLongArray;

dsObjectPtrArray ExternalDefinitionsArray;

document->GetImmediateChildReferences( &ExternalDefinitionTypeLongArray, &ExternalDefinitionsArray );

dsModel_ptr dsModel;

document->GetModel( &dsModel );

dsSketchManager_ptr sketchManager;

dsModel->GetSketchManager( &sketchManager );

dsPdfDefinition_c* pdfDefinition = ( dsPdfDefinition_c* )ExternalDefinitionsArray[ 0 ];

bool bRet;

sketchManager->DetachPdfDefinition( pdfDefinition, &bRet );

commandline->PrintLine( bRet ? L"Passed to detach Pdf" : L"Failed to detach PDF" );