This example shows how to switch layouts.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- '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: Message boxes pop up when a model or sheet 'is activated. Read the text in each message box before clicking 'OK to close it. '----------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Sub main() Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application Dim dsDoc As DraftSight.Document
'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
'Activate each layout, one by one SwitchLayouts dsDoc
Else MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight." End If End Sub
Sub SwitchLayouts(dsDoc As DraftSight.Document) Dim dsSheet As DraftSight.Sheet Dim dsModel As DraftSight.Model Dim dsVarSheets As Variant Dim index As Integer Dim sheetName As String
'Get all sheets dsVarSheets = dsDoc.GetSheets
If IsArray(dsVarSheets) Then
For index = LBound(dsVarSheets) To UBound(dsVarSheets)
Set dsSheet = dsVarSheets(index)
'Get sheet name sheetName = dsSheet.Name
'Change sheet name, if it is not a model If sheetName <> "Model" Then
'Activate sheet dsSheet.Activate
'Verify if the sheet was activated If dsSheet.IsActive Then MsgBox "The sheet " & sheetName & " was activated." End If
Else
'Activate model sheet Set dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel
If Not dsModel Is Nothing Then
'Activate model sheet dsModel.Activate
'Verify if the sheet was activated If dsModel.IsActive Then MsgBox "The model sheet was activated." End If
End If
End If
Next
End If
End Sub