vla-copyobjects anomoly

I am attempting to copy a dictionary from another document using dbx. After I copy the dictionary to the current document, I notice it has copied two dictionaries. one with the same name as the original, and one anonymous dictionary
Is there a method to avoid copying two dictionaries, or is this a known issue?

(vla-copyobjects
dbxDoc
(vlax-safearray-fill
(vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbobject '(0 . 0)) ;_ end of vlax-make-safearray
(list
(vla-item (vla-get-dictionaries dbxDoc) gDictMaster)
) ;_ end of list
) ;_ end of vlax-safearray-fill
(vla-get-dictionaries gActiveDoc) ;_Copy to current doc dictionaries table
) ;_ end of vla-CopyObjects

(vlax-release-object dbxDoc)

;;ensure new dictionary has been copied, then rename
;;!!!PROBLEM WITH COPYING OVER TWO DICTIONARIES, ONE IS AN
;; UNNAMED DICTIONARY *A1 WHICH CAN BE RENAMED

(if (setq vDict (vl:getdict gActiveDoc gDictMaster))
(progn
(vla-put-name vDict "NewDict_DB");_here i rename the anonamous dictionary
(vl:deldict "NewDict_DB");_here i delete the xtra dictionary??
) ;_end progn
) ;_end if


Robert Good.

 

Is this in a vertical application like ADT? I know in Architectural Desktop
that *A1, *A2 etc represent extension dictionaries associated with a
"collection" dictionary. Might this be the case? Is this a dictionary that
you created and therefore know for a fact all of it's properties? Sorry if
these are bloody obvious questions.

I use the 'copyobjects method to copy AEC dictionaries and have never seen
eronious information copied.

jb

 

jb,
This is vanilla Autocad 2005 with a dictionary I created in the target (dbx doc) drawing.

I will check my dictionary creation function to make sure it is not creating the dictionary with an extension dictionary. I know i did not specify this, wondering if it does it by default.


Thanks.
Robert Good.

 

jb,
just verified. The dictionary that I created in the dbx doc does not have an extension dictionary.

Robert Good.

 

Hmm. Sorry, I'm out of suggestions. I copy Text Styles, Dimstyles, Layers,
Views, UCS's, Blocks, and AEC objects galore but haven't run into this . . .
sorry I can't be of more help.

jb

 

jb,
no problem, Thanks for giving it some consideration.

Robert Good.