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Fire Notification When Inserting a Table in a Drawing Document Example (VBA)

This example shows how to fire a notification when a table is added to a drawing document:

Main module

'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a drawing document.
' 2. Run this macro (press F5).
' 3. Select a view.
' 4. Select Insert > Tables > Bill of Materials.
' 5. Click the green check mark on the Bill of Materials PropertyManager page.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. A message box informs you that a table will be inserted in the drawing.
' 2. Click OK to close the message box.
' 3. Click somewhere on the drawing sheet to place the table.
'---------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swDraw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
Dim errorstatus As Long, warningstatus As Long
Dim swDrawEvents As Class1

Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

'Set up events
Set swDraw = swModel
Set swDrawEvents = New Class1
Set swDrawEvents.swDraw = swApp.ActiveDoc

End Sub

 

Class module

Option Explicit

Public WithEvents swDraw As SldWorks.DrawingDoc

Private Function swDraw_InsertTableNotify(ByVal TableAnnotation As SldWorks.ITableAnnotation, ByVal TableType As String, ByVal TemplatePath As String) As Long
MsgBox "A table will be inserted. Title: " & TableAnnotation.Title & ", Type: " & TableType & ", and Template path: " & TemplatePath
End Function

 
 


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