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how do i reference a configuration specific property?
i have a macro i wrote a year or two ago to create and save a pdf in a released drawings folder with the rev level in the pdf file name. we recently started using a m2m module add-on that allows sw to interface with m2m. unfortunately, the m2m-sw shared property text is done using a specific configuration and not just the general custom properties tab. does anyone know how i can modify my code to look at the configuration specific peropty for "rev" instead of the general tab?
appreciate any help!
here's my code:
sub main()
'get solidworks object
set swapp = application.sldworks
'get active document object
set swdoc = swapp.activedoc
'add check to see that active docuement is drawing
'get first view in drawing (always sheet format)
set swdrwview = swdoc.getfirstview
'get first drawing view
set swdrwview = swdrwview.getnextview
'get object of document in view (part or assembly)
set swrefdoc = swdrwview.referenceddocument
'get rev custom property
revcustomproperty = swrefdoc.custominfo2("", "rev")
'get name of document
name = swdoc.gettitle()
'determine just the filename without the file extension (xxxx-xxx)
name = left$(name, 9)
'determine released 2-digit folder
releasedfolder = left$(name, 2)
'save as a pdf with rev number in the corresponding released folder
swdoc.saveas2 "g:\shares\released_drawings\" & releasedfolder & "\" & name & " rev " & revcustomproperty & ".pdf", 0, true, false
'send confirmation message to user
msgbox ("g:\shares\released_drawings\" & releasedfolder & "\" & name & " rev " & revcustomproperty & ".pdf has been saved.")
end sub
revcustomproperty = swrefdoc.custominfo2("", "rev")
the first argument where you have a null string "" is for the configuration name. null string is for the global property. to get config-specific name, use the config name instead of null string.
understand what you are saying... but i'm not sure it is that simple. the m2m module (made 2 manage) creates configuration-specific property text, but does not actually create a configuration. so (1) i'm not sure what the configuration name would be, and (2) i think this name migth change for every part.
see screenshot image for reference.
any other ideas? appreciate your suggestion though!
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in the screenshot example you simply use the name of the current configuration. for example:
cp = swmodel.custominfo2("default", "m2mitemid")
thanks luke, that works for a default config that m2m creates.
i just used the following line instead to capture the rev:
cp = swmodel.custominfo2("default", "rev")
now, would there be a way to capture the name of the configuration for the part/assy that is used in the drawing? i imagine i would need to set a variable to look at the referenced document's configuration name. then i could always grab that configuration's rev in case the configuration has a name other than default. i figure there must be a way, i just do not know what the callout would be to grab a refdoc's config name.
just get any view of the drawing and call view::referencedconfiguration
originally posted by: luke malpass
just get any view of the drawing and call view::referencedconfiguration
thanks luke.
i tried what you said a few different ways and it does not appear to be happy with the code. here is what i have currently, it fails when i try to use the .referencedconfiguration callout. am i missing something simple? thanks again.
sub main()
'get solidworks object
set swapp = application.sldworks
'get active document object
set swdoc = swapp.activedoc
'add check to see that active docuement is drawing
'get first view in drawing (always sheet format)
set swdrwview = swdoc.getfirstview
'get first drawing view
set swdrwview = swdrwview.getnextview
'get object of document in view (part or assembly)
set swrefdoc = swdrwview.referenceddocument
'get cofiguration name of object in view
set configname = swrefdoc.referencedconfiguration
'get rev custom property of active configuration
revcustomproperty = swrefdoc.custominfo2(configname, "rev")
'get name of document
name = swdoc.gettitle()
'determine just the filename without the file extension (xxxx-xxx)
name = left$(name, 9)
'determine released 2-digit folder
releasedfolder = left$(name, 2)
'save as a pdf with rev number in the corresponding released folder
swdoc.saveas2 "g:\shares\released_drawings\" & releasedfolder & "\" & name & " rev " & revcustomproperty & ".pdf", 0, true, false
'send confirmation message to user
msgbox ("g:\shares\released_drawings\" & releasedfolder & "\" & name & " rev " & revcustomproperty & ".pdf has been saved.")
end sub
edited: 06/25/2008 at 09:08 am by scott wheeler
configname = swdrwview.referencedconfiguration
remember i said its the view method, not the model.
originally posted by: luke malpass
set configname = swdrwview.referencedconfiguration
remember i said its the view method, not the model.
doh! i should have caught that..... thank you.
hmmm.... still failing on "set configname = swdrwview.referencedconfiguration".
is the 'referencedconfiguration' correct? maybe it's referencedconfig or something similar? i set configname as an object, so that should not be an issue either. not sure what else i might be doing wrong.
remove the set, keyword, it in not needed as you are returning a string