This example shows how to change the transparency of the active Layer, create a TableStyle and Table, and change the background colors of the top row and a cell in the Table.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' Preconditions: ' 1. Create a VB.NET Windows console project. ' 2. Copy and paste this project into the VB.NET IDE. ' 3. Add a reference to ' install_dir\APISDK\tlb\DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.dll ' 4. Start DraftSight and open a new document. ' 5. Open the Immediate window. ' 6. Press F5. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Gets the transparency object for the active Layer and prints its ' transparency percentage to the Immediate window. ' 2. Changes the transparency percentage of the active Layer and prints ' its new percentage to the Immediate window. ' 3. Creates and activates a new TableStyle named Sample Table Style. ' 4. Inserts a Table and applies the Sample Table Style TableStyle. ' 5. Gets the transparency object for the Table. ' 6. Prints whether the transparency object for the Table is ByLayer. ' 7. If not, then changes and updates the transparency object ' of the Table to ByLayer. ' 8. Changes the top row's background color. ' 9. Changes the background color of the cell in the second row ' and second column to match the top row's background color. '10. Prints the name of the TableStyle to the Immediate window. '11. Examine the drawing and the Immediate window. '----------------------------------------------------------------
Imports DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application 'Connect to DraftSight application dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application") 'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight 'to avoid nested commands dsApp.AbortRunningCommand() 'Get active document Dim dsDoc As Document dsDoc = dsApp.GetActiveDocument() If dsDoc Is Nothing Then MsgBox("There are no open documents in DraftSight.") Return End If 'Get how transparency is defined Dim dsLayerManager As LayerManager Dim dsLayer As Layer dsLayerManager = dsDoc.GetLayerManager() dsLayer = dsLayerManager.GetActiveLayer() Debug.Print("Transparency percentage for active Layer: " + Convert.ToString(dsLayer.Transparency)) 'Set new transparency percentage for the active Layer dsLayer.Transparency = 50 Debug.Print("New transparency percentage for active Layer: " + Convert.ToString(dsLayer.Transparency)) 'Get the TableStyle Manager Dim dsTableStyleManager As TableStyleManager dsTableStyleManager = dsDoc.GetTableStyleManager 'Create the TableStyle Dim dsTableStyle As TableStyle Dim sampleTableStyle As String Dim status As Integer sampleTableStyle = "Sample Table Style" dsTableStyleManager.CreateTableStyle(sampleTableStyle, dsTableStyle, status) 'Set the TableStyle styles 'Create the Table in a downward direction dsTableStyle.HeaderOrientation = dsTableHeaderOrientation_e.dsTableHeaderOrientation_Down 'Set the Colors for the Table backgrounds Dim dsColorHeader As Color Dim dsColorData As Color Dim dsColorTitle As Color
dsColorHeader = dsTableStyle.GetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Header) dsColorHeader.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Cyan) dsTableStyle.SetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Header, dsColorHeader) dsColorData = dsTableStyle.GetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Data) dsColorData.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Green) dsTableStyle.SetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Data, dsColorData) dsColorTitle = dsTableStyle.GetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Title) dsColorTitle.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White) dsTableStyle.SetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Title, dsColorTitle)
'Activate the TableStyle dsTableStyle.Activate() 'Get the model document Dim dsModel As Model dsModel = dsDoc.GetModel 'Get the Sketch Manager Dim dsSketchManager As SketchManager dsSketchManager = dsModel.GetSketchManager 'Insert the Table Dim dsTable As Table Dim x As Double x = 6 Dim y As Double y = 6 Dim row As Integer row = 4 Dim col As Integer col = 5 Dim rowHeight As Double rowHeight = 2 Dim colWidth As Double colWidth = 4 dsTable = dsSketchManager.InsertTable(x, y, row, col, rowHeight, colWidth, dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Title, dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Header, dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Data)
'Get transparency object for Table Dim dsTransparency As Transparency dsTransparency = dsTable.Transparency() 'Find out if Table's transparency is ByLayer Debug.Print("Transparency defined ByLayer: " + Convert.ToString(dsTransparency.IsByLayer)) 'If not, then change Table's transparency to ByLayer and 'update Table's transparency object If Not dsTransparency.IsByLayer Then dsTransparency.SetByLayer() Debug.Print("Transparency now ByLayer: " + Convert.ToString(dsTransparency.IsByLayer)) 'Update Table's transparency object dsTable.Transparency = dsTransparency End If 'Change Table's top row's background color dsColorTitle.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Yellow) dsTable.SetBackgroundColor(dsTableCellType_e.dsTableCellType_Title, dsColorTitle) 'Change background color of cell in the second row and 'second column to match the top row's background color dsTable.SetCellBackgroundColor(1, 1, dsColorTitle) 'Get the name of the TableStyle for the just-inserted Table Debug.Print("TableStyle applied to this table: " + dsTableStyle.Name) dsApp.Zoom(dsZoomRange_e.dsZoomRange_Fit, Nothing, Nothing) End Sub End Module