This example shows how to insert Notes with parameters in a drawing document.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' Preconditions: ' 1. Create a VBA macro in a software product in which VBA is ' embedded. ' 2. Copy and paste this example into the Visual Basic IDE. ' 3. Add a reference to the DraftSight type library, ' install_dir\bin\dsAutomation.dll. ' 4. Start DraftSight and open a document. ' 5. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: A message box pops up when the Notes with ' with parameters are inserted in the drawing document. '----------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application Dim dsDoc As DraftSight.Document Dim dsModel As DraftSight.Model Dim dsSketchManager As DraftSight.SketchManager Dim dsNote As DraftSight.Note Dim x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2 As Double Dim strArray(0 To 1) As String Dim angle, height, lineSpaceDistance, width As Double Dim justify As DraftSight.dsNoteJustification_e Dim lineSpacingStyle As DraftSight.dsNoteLineSpacingStyle_e Dim textStyle As String
'Connect to DraftSight Set dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application") 'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight 'to avoid nested commands dsApp.AbortRunningCommand
'Get active document Set dsDoc = dsApp.GetActiveDocument() If Not dsDoc Is Nothing Then
'Get model space Set dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel()
'Get Sketch Manager Set dsSketchManager = dsModel.GetSketchManager()
'Note parameters x1 = 10# y1 = 10# z1 = 0# x2 = 60# y2 = 20# z2 = 0# strArray(0) = "First Note's text line." strArray(1) = "Second Note's text line." angle = 0# height = 1# justify = dsNoteJustification_BottomCenter lineSpacingStyle = dsNoteLineSpacingStyle_AtLeast lineSpaceDistance = 1.5 textStyle = "Standard" width = 25#
'Add Notes with parameters Set dsNote = dsSketchManager.InsertNoteWithParameters(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, strArray, angle, height, justify, lineSpacingStyle, lineSpaceDistance, textStyle, width)
If Not dsNote Is Nothing Then MsgBox "Notes with parameters were added to the drawing." End If
Else
MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight."
End If
End Sub