This example shows how to change the colors of user-interface elements.
'-------------------------------------------------------------- ' 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 install_dir\bin\dsAutomation.dll. ' 4. Start DraftSight and open a document. ' 5. Run the macro. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Message boxes pop up before and after the colors of ' DraftSight user-interface elements change. ' 2. Click OK to close each message box. ' 3. Examine and experiment with the user-interface ' elements whose colors changed: ' * Text in command window ' * Crosshair ' * Background of model ' 4. Run the macro again to reset the colors of the user-interface ' elements to their former colors. '---------------------------------------------------------------- Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application
'Connect to DraftSight application Set dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application") 'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight 'to avoid nested commands dsApp.AbortRunningCommand
If dsApp Is Nothing Then Return End If
Dim dsApplicationOptions As ApplicationOptions Set dsApplicationOptions = dsApp.GetApplicationOptions()
'Change colors of user-interface elements
'Set color of text of command window to blue or black, dependent on current color Dim dsColor As Color Set dsColor = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_CommandWindowText) MsgBox ("Color of text command window before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor()) If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Blue Then dsColor.SetRGBColor 0, 0, 0 Else dsColor.SetNamedColor (dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Blue) End If dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_CommandWindowText, dsColor MsgBox ("Color of text of command window after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
'Set color of model crosshair to red or white, dependent on current color Set dsColor = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelCrosshair) MsgBox ("Color of crosshair before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor()) If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Red Then dsColor.SetNamedColor (dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White) Else dsColor.SetNamedColor (dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Red) End If dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelCrosshair, dsColor MsgBox ("Color of crosshair after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
'Set color of background of model to white or black, dependent on current color Set dsColor = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelBackground) MsgBox ("Color of model background before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor()) If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White Then dsColor.SetRGBColor 0, 0, 0 Else dsColor.SetNamedColor (dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White) End If dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelBackground, dsColor MsgBox ("Color of model background after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
End Sub