Place Note Behind Drawing Sheet Example (VBA)

This example shows how to place a note behind a drawing sheet.

'----------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Specified drawing file exists.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. The selected note, 2012-sm in the drawing template,
'    is placed behind the drawing sheet.
' 2. To verify:
'    a. Examine the Immediate window.
'    b. Right-click the drawing and select
'       "Edit Sheet Format".
'    c. Right-click 2012-sm, and examine the
'       the short-cut menu. Display
'       Note Behind Sheet is selected.
'    d. Deselect Display Note Behind Sheet.
'    e. Exit drawing sheet edit mode.
'
' NOTE: Because this drawing is used elsewhere, do not
' save changes when closing it.
'-----------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swDrawing As SldWorks.DrawingDoc
Dim swSelectionMgr As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
Dim swNote As SldWorks.Note
Dim fileName As String
Dim status As Boolean
Dim errors As Long, warnings As Long

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks    

    ' Open drawing
    fileName = "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\samples\tutorial\api\2012-sm.slddrw"
    Set swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, swDocDRAWING, swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", errors, warnings)
    Set swDrawing = swModel    

    ' Put drawing template and sheet in edit mode
    Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
    status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Sheet1", "SHEET", 3.99580396732789E-02, 0.20594194865811, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
    swDrawing.EditTemplate
    swDrawing.EditSheet    

    swModel.ClearSelection2 True    

    ' Select note to place behind the sheet
    status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("DetailItem3@Sheet Format1", "NOTE", 0.155548914819136, 0.017885845974329, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
    Set swSelectionMgr = swModel.SelectionManager
    Set swNote = swSelectionMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1)
    swNote.BehindSheet = True
    Debug.Print ("Was the selected note placed behind the sheet? " & status)

End Sub