Copying Dimstyles between drawings using C#

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Copying Dimstyles between drawings using C#                                                        By Stephen Preston
  This sample code demonstrates how to use WblockCloneObjects to copy objects between DWG Databases – a set of dimstyles  in this case. It also (quite arbitrarily) demonstrates a little know function for retrieving the most recently used dimstyles – GetDimRecentStyleList (or at least I’d not come across this function before ).
  As an aside, a common mistake many people make when cloning DBObjects is to call their clone function. This must be used with care because it makes a shallow copy of the object. Depending what you’re doing with the clone, its usually best to wblockclone or deepclone instead.

1. [CommandMethod("ImportStyles")]
   
2.     static public void importStyles()
   
3.     {
   
4.       Database db = new Database(false, false);
   
5.       db.ReadDwgFile("C:\\Styles.dwg", System.IO.FileShare.Read, true, "");
   
6.       // Get up to 6 most recently used styles
   
7.       ObjectIdCollection dimStyles = db.GetDimRecentStyleList();
   
8.       Database destDb =
   
9.               Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Database;
   
10.       ObjectId destDictId = destDb.DimStyleTableId;
    
11.       IdMapping iMap = new IdMapping();
    
12.       // Replace any existing styles
    
13.       destDb.WblockCloneObjects(dimStyles, destDictId, iMap,
    
14.                               DuplicateRecordCloning.Replace, false);
    
15.     }

[CommandMethod("ImportStyles")]<br />     static public void importStyles()<br />     {<br />       Database db = new Database(false, false);<br />       db.ReadDwgFile("C:\\Styles.dwg", System.IO.FileShare.Read, true, "");<br />       // Get up to 6 most recently used styles<br />       ObjectIdCollection dimStyles = db.GetDimRecentStyleList();<br />       Database destDb =<br />               Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Database;<br />       ObjectId destDictId = destDb.DimStyleTableId;<br />       IdMapping iMap = new IdMapping();<br />       // Replace any existing styles<br />       destDb.WblockCloneObjects(dimStyles, destDictId, iMap,<br />                               DuplicateRecordCloning.Replace, false);<br />     }