This example shows how to set and get the paths of interface files.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' 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. ' 5. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Connects to DraftSight. ' 2. Sets different alias, custom icon, customization, and ' menu file paths. ' 3. Gets different alias, custom icon, customization, and ' menu file paths. Click OK to close each message box. ' ' NOTE: To verify, you can also click Tools > Options > ' File Locations and expand Interface. Then expand and ' examine Alias File Location, Custom Icon Location, ' Customization File, and Menu Files. '-------------------------------------------------------------- Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application
'Connect to DraftSight Set dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application")
If dsApp Is Nothing Then Return End If
'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight 'to avoid nested commands dsApp.AbortRunningCommand
Dim dsInterfaceFiles As DraftSight.InterfaceFiles If dsInterfaceFiles Is Nothing Then MsgBox "There are no valid interface files." Exit Sub End If
'Set and get different file paths dsInterfaceFiles.AliasFilePath = "C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\DraftSight\Default Files\Alias" dsInterfaceFiles.AliasFilePath = "" dsInterfaceFiles.CustomizationFilePath = "" dsInterfaceFiles.MenuFilesPath = "C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\DraftSight\Default Files\StartupMenu\english"
MsgBox "Alias file path: " & dsInterfaceFiles.AliasFilePath MsgBox "Custom icon path: " & dsInterfaceFiles.CustomIconPath MsgBox "Customization file path: " & dsInterfaceFiles.CustomizationFilePath MsgBox "Menu files path: " & dsInterfaceFiles.MenuFilesPath
End Sub