This example shows how to insert a picture 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. Change the path and file name of the picture to insert. ' NOTE: The picture must be a PNG file. ' 5. Start DraftSight and open a drawing. ' 6. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: A message box pops up when the specified picture ' is 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 dsPicture As DraftSight.ReferenceImage Dim imageFileName 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()
'Replace picture's path and file 'name with yours imageFileName = "c:\test\note.png"
'Insert picture Set dsPicture = dsSketchManager.InsertPicture(imageFileName, 0#, 0#, 0#, 1#, 0#)
If dsPicture Is Nothing Then MsgBox imageFileName & " file was not found." Else MsgBox "A picture was inserted in the drawing." End If
Else
MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight."
End If End Sub