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AddLayer Method (ILayerMgr)

Adds a layer to this drawing document.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function AddLayer( _
   ByVal NameIn As System.String, _
   ByVal DescIn As System.String, _
   ByVal ColorIn As System.Integer, _
   ByVal StyleIn As System.Integer, _
   ByVal WidthIn As System.Integer _
) As System.Integer
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ILayerMgr
Dim NameIn As System.String
Dim DescIn As System.String
Dim ColorIn As System.Integer
Dim StyleIn As System.Integer
Dim WidthIn As System.Integer
Dim value As System.Integer
 
value = instance.AddLayer(NameIn, DescIn, ColorIn, StyleIn, WidthIn)
C# 
System.int AddLayer( 
   System.string NameIn,
   System.string DescIn,
   System.int ColorIn,
   System.int StyleIn,
   System.int WidthIn
)
C++/CLI 
System.int AddLayer( 
&   System.String^ NameIn,
&   System.String^ DescIn,
&   System.int ColorIn,
&   System.int StyleIn,
&   System.int WidthIn
)

Parameters

NameIn

Layer name

DescIn

Description for the new layer

ColorIn

COLORREF value specifying the desired color of items within this layer

StyleIn

Line style as defined in swLineStyles_e

WidthIn

Line width as defined in swLineWeights_e

Return Value

1 if the layer was created successfully

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 99, datecode 1999207


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