iLogic.ExternalRuleFinder.GetParsedRuleNames missing

<?xml encoding=”UTF-8″>By Adam Nagy

iLogic.ExternalRuleFinder.GetParsedRuleNames was never documented and has been moved to a different class and became internal (no longer public) in 2016. 

Instead of using that function you can just do a scan of the iLogic external rule directories for rule files. The directory names are available in the iLogic API property IiLogicAutomation.FileOptions.ExternalRuleDirectories. Here’s a sample rule to list the directory names:

<strong>For</strong> <strong>Each</strong> directoryPath <strong>As</strong> String <strong>In</strong>
iLogicVb.Automation.FileOptions.ExternalRuleDirectories
Trace.WriteLine("Directory name: " + directoryPath)
<strong>Next</strong>

In Inventor 2016 all the rules in these directories (and subdirectories, if any) are shown on the External Rules tab in the iLogic browser – in previous versions, only manually selected rules were shown.