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Link Display States to Configurations Example(VB.NET)

This example shows how to link and unlink display states to and from configurations.

'---------------------------------------------
' Preconditions: 
' 1. Open public_documents\samples\tutorial\pdmworks\speaker.sldasm.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Gets and sets whether display states are linked to 
'    the active configuration.
' 2. Closes the assembly document without saving
'    any changes.
'-----------------------------------------------
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.swconst
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System

Partial Class SolidWorksMacro

    
Public Sub Main()

        
Dim swModel As ModelDoc2
        
Dim swConfigMgr As ConfigurationManager
        
Dim assemblyName As String

        swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
        Debug.Print(
"")

        swConfigMgr = swModel.ConfigurationManager
        swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations =
False
        Debug.Print("Are display states linked to configurations? " & swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations)
        
If Not swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations Then
            Debug.Print("All display states are available to the active configuration.")
        
End If

        swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations = True
        Debug.Print("Are display states linked configurations? " & swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations)
        
If swConfigMgr.LinkDisplayStatesToConfigurations Then
            Debug.Print("All display states are not available to the active configuration.")
        
End If

        assemblyName = swModel.GetTitle
        swApp.QuitDoc(assemblyName)
    
End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
    ''' </summary>
    Public swApp As SldWorks


End Class


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