ade_dsattach

Attaches a drawing to the current drawing.

ade_id

ade_dsattach(

char* dwgname);

Returns the ID of the drawing attached or ADE_NULLID.

dwgname

The path alias and file name of the drawing to attach.

This function returns an ID even if the drawing does not exist. A system administrator can use this function to define a drawing set before the drawing files it references are created or installed. A drawing must exist before you can make it active.

ade_aliasadd ("ADSRX_SAMPLE", "C:\\ADSRX\\Drawings");
ade_id dwgId101 = ade_dsattach("ADSRX_SAMPLE:\\101.dwg");
if (ADE_NULLID == dwgId101) {
    acutPrintf(
        "\nThe specified drawing was not attached.");
}
else {
    acutPrintf(
        "\nThe specified drawing was successfully attached.");
}