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Get Table Annotation and Contents Example (VBA)

This example shows how to get the table annotation and its contents.

 

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' Preconditions: Drawing must be open.

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' Postconditions: None

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Option Explicit

 

Sub ProcessTable _

( _

    swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks, _

    swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2, _

    swTable As SldWorks.TableAnnotation _

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    Dim swAnn                   As SldWorks.Annotation

    Dim nNumCol                 As Long

    Dim nNumRow                 As Long

    Dim sRowStr                 As String

    Dim i                       As Long

    Dim j                       As Long

    Set swAnn = swTable.GetAnnotation

    

    nNumCol = swTable.ColumnCount

    nNumRow = swTable.RowCount

    ' Show the name and type of table

    Debug.Print "    " & swAnn.GetName & " <" & swTable.Type & ">"

    

    ' Get the table contents

    For i = 0 To nNumRow - 1

        sRowStr = "      ["

        For j = 0 To nNumCol - 1

            sRowStr = sRowStr & swTable.text(i, j) & ","

        Next j
' Show the table contents

        Debug.Print Left(sRowStr, Len(sRowStr) - 1) & "]"

    Next i

End Sub

 

Sub main()

    Dim swApp                   As SldWorks.SldWorks

    Dim swModel                 As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

    Dim swDraw                  As SldWorks.DrawingDoc

    Dim swView                  As SldWorks.View

    Dim swTable                 As SldWorks.TableAnnotation

    Dim bRet                    As Boolean

    

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc

    Set swDraw = swModel

    

    Debug.Print "File = " & swModel.GetPathName

 

    ' Get the first view

    Set swView = swDraw.GetFirstView

    Do While Not swView Is Nothing

        ' Show the name of the view

        Debug.Print "  " & swView.Name

        ' Get the first table annotation for this view

        Set swTable = swView.GetFirstTableAnnotation

        Do While Not swTable Is Nothing

            ProcessTable swApp, swModel, swTable

        

            ' Get next table annotation for this view

            Set swTable = swTable.GetNext

        Loop

        ' Get the next view

        Set swView = swView.GetNextView

    Loop

End Sub

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