Accessing Methods and Properties
There are two ways to get to an object's methods and properties.
- Create objects by their ID
- Call the object from an existing object
Whether you're creating an object or calling an object from an existing object, you'll need to first create and then set a pointer to the appropriate object.
Step 1: Declare the pointer variable name for the application by using the "DIM" statement. For example:
Dim App As Object
Step 2: Set the pointer variable to the PCDLRN Application using CreateObject. For example:
Set App = CreateObject("PCDLRN.Application")
Step 3: Declare and set additional pointer variable names for any needed sub objects found within the Application object. For example if you wanted to access commands available for the active measurement routine, you're code would look something like this:
Dim Part As Object Set Part = App.ActivePartProgram Dim Cmds As Object Set Cmds = Part.Commands Dim Cmd As Object Set Cmd = Cmds.Add(SET_COMMENT, True)
To access events, see "Accessing Event Subroutines".