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> Guys,
>
> I am new to API programming.  I am trying to write the information of a
> property page of a file to another file.
>
> For instance, the property page of a file has the information already
> filled in by the user within a program that they used.  I want to copy
> some of the fields to another file (property page).
>
> The software we are using is Inventor (similar to AutoCAD).  From what
> I understood, the software is making the APIs available for use, but I
> don't know how to access it.
>
> Do I have to write the codes to access the API's (to get it to list
> the API) or can I use the object browser in Visual Basic.  It seems
> that the API listed are not that much if I use the object browser in
> Visual Basic.  I am reading that the APIs are made available.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Do I take the approach of writing it within the program or outside of
> it?  You can see the details of the  property page through windows
> explorer by right clicking it.
>
> Btw, the Inventor software has a Visual Basic Editor and Macros built
> inside.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>

news:1127500111.996236.117660@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Guys,
>
> I am new to API programming.  I am trying to write the information of a
> property page of a file to another file.
>
> For instance, the property page of a file has the information already
> filled in by the user within a program that they used.  I want to copy
> some of the fields to another file (property page).
>
> The software we are using is Inventor (similar to AutoCAD).  From what
> I understood, the software is making the APIs available for use, but I
> don't know how to access it.
>
> Do I have to write the codes to access the API's (to get it to list
> the API) or can I use the object browser in Visual Basic.  It seems
> that the API listed are not that much if I use the object browser in
> Visual Basic.  I am reading that the APIs are made available.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Do I take the approach of writing it within the program or outside of
> it?  You can see the details of the  property page through windows
> explorer by right clicking it.
>
> Btw, the Inventor software has a Visual Basic Editor and Macros built
> inside.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>

news:1127762449.769413.182900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Guys,
>
> Below is my current code.  The code writes a value to a field in the
> current active document.
>
> Instead of writing the value to the current field (assuming the field
> value is there already), how can I make it read that field's value
> from the active document and write the value to a file that is not
> currently active (sitting in the background within the program which is
> located in c:\temp).  Btw, the API unique name is the same on both
> pages.
>
>
> Public Sub Test3()
> ' Declare the Application object
> Dim oApplication As Inventor.Application
>
> ' Obtain the Inventor Application object.
> ' This assumes Inventor is already running.
> Set oApplication = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")
>
> ' Set a reference to the active document.
> ' This assumes a document is open.
> Dim oDoc As Document
> Set oDoc = oApplication.ActiveDocument
>
> ' Obtain the PropertySets collection object
> Dim oPropsets As PropertySets
> Set oPropsets = oDoc.PropertySets
>
>
> ' Get a reference to the "Date Checked" property.
> Dim oProp As Property
> Dim PartNum As String
>
> Set oProp =
>

>
> ' Define a Date variable with the desired date.
>
> PartNum = "9836-scoobie1"
>
> ' Assign the date to the property.
> oProp.Value = PartNum
>
> End Sub
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tony
>

> No idea (and most would not in this newsgroup)...Try one of the many
> Autodesk newsgroups
>
> --
> Chris Hanscom - Microsoft MVP (VB)
> Veign's Resource Center
> http://www.veign.com/vrc_main.asp
> Veign's Blog
> http://www.veign.com/blog
> --
>
>
> <trac***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1127762449.769413.182900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> > Guys,
> >
> > Below is my current code.  The code writes a value to a field in the
> > current active document.
> >
> > Instead of writing the value to the current field (assuming the field
> > value is there already), how can I make it read that field's value
> > from the active document and write the value to a file that is not
> > currently active (sitting in the background within the program which is
> > located in c:\temp).  Btw, the API unique name is the same on both
> > pages.
> >
> >
> > Public Sub Test3()
> > ' Declare the Application object
> > Dim oApplication As Inventor.Application
> >
> > ' Obtain the Inventor Application object.
> > ' This assumes Inventor is already running.
> > Set oApplication = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")
> >
> > ' Set a reference to the active document.
> > ' This assumes a document is open.
> > Dim oDoc As Document
> > Set oDoc = oApplication.ActiveDocument
> >
> > ' Obtain the PropertySets collection object
> > Dim oPropsets As PropertySets
> > Set oPropsets = oDoc.PropertySets
> >
> >
> > ' Get a reference to the "Date Checked" property.
> > Dim oProp As Property
> > Dim PartNum As String
> >
> > Set oProp =
> >
> oPropsets.Item("{32853F0F-3444-11d1-9E93-0060B03C1CA6}").ItemByPropId(kStock
> NumberDesignTrackingProperties)
> >
> > ' Define a Date variable with the desired date.
> >
> > PartNum = "9836-scoobie1"
> >
> > ' Assign the date to the property.
> > oProp.Value = PartNum
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Tony
> >

news:1127798780.601641.253250@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Chris,
>
> I am just trying to find sample codes that read the value.  I already
> have the
> codes on how to write to the field.
>
> Its been a while I wrote VB(A), but i guess I have to use the Until
> Loop to go the API.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
> Veign wrote:
> > No idea (and most would not in this newsgroup)...Try one of the many
> > Autodesk newsgroups
> >
> > --
> > Chris Hanscom - Microsoft MVP (VB)
> > Veign's Resource Center
> > http://www.veign.com/vrc_main.asp
> > Veign's Blog
> > http://www.veign.com/blog
> > --
> >
> >
> > <trac***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1127762449.769413.182900@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > Below is my current code.  The code writes a value to a field in the
> > > current active document.
> > >
> > > Instead of writing the value to the current field (assuming the field
> > > value is there already), how can I make it read that field's value
> > > from the active document and write the value to a file that is not
> > > currently active (sitting in the background within the program which
is
> > > located in c:\temp).  Btw, the API unique name is the same on both
> > > pages.
> > >
> > >
> > > Public Sub Test3()
> > > ' Declare the Application object
> > > Dim oApplication As Inventor.Application
> > >
> > > ' Obtain the Inventor Application object.
> > > ' This assumes Inventor is already running.
> > > Set oApplication = GetObject(, "Inventor.Application")
> > >
> > > ' Set a reference to the active document.
> > > ' This assumes a document is open.
> > > Dim oDoc As Document
> > > Set oDoc = oApplication.ActiveDocument
> > >
> > > ' Obtain the PropertySets collection object
> > > Dim oPropsets As PropertySets
> > > Set oPropsets = oDoc.PropertySets
> > >
> > >
> > > ' Get a reference to the "Date Checked" property.
> > > Dim oProp As Property
> > > Dim PartNum As String
> > >
> > > Set oProp =
> > >
> >

> > NumberDesignTrackingProperties)
> > >
> > > ' Define a Date variable with the desired date.
> > >
> > > PartNum = "9836-scoobie1"
> > >
> > > ' Assign the date to the property.
> > > oProp.Value = PartNum
> > >
> > > End Sub
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Tony
> > >
>

"Veign" <NOSPAMinveign@veign.com> wrote in message
news:%23k8mb43wFHA.2728@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Just because you are writing code in VB(A) doesn't mean the code is native
> VB(A) code.  The applications that host VBA create their own libraries and
> expose methods, properties, and events that are specific to the host
> application.  This is why you should be asking in a newsgroup geared
towards
> the host application and not VB(A)...
>
> If you don't want to take my advice, that's fine.  Keep waiting here for
an
> answer....
> (4th time I have responded to one of your API questions)
>
> --
> Chris Hanscom - Microsoft MVP (VB)
> Veign's Resource Center
> http://www.veign.com/vrc_main.asp
> Veign's Blog
>

news:1127849332.328803.246170@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Guys,
>
> I think I got the codes.  I am storing the data that is from the active
> file.  How do I call a non-active file that is in the background
> (already opened) and it make it active.?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>