Change Colors of User-interface Elements Example (VB.NET)
This example shows how to change the colors of user-interface elements.
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' Preconditions:
' 1. Create a VB.NET Windows console project.
' 2. Copy and paste this example into the VB.NET IDE.
' 3. Add a reference to:
' install_dir\APISDK\tlb\DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.dll.
' 4. Start DraftSight and open a document.
' 5. Start debugging the project.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Message boxes pop up before and after the colors of
' DraftSight user-interface elements change.
' 2. Click OK to close each message box.
' 3. Examine and experiment with the user-interface
' elements whose colors changed:
' * Text in command window
' * Crosshair
' * Background of model
' 4. Run the macro again to reset the colors of the user-interface
' elements to their former colors.
'----------------------------------------------------------------
Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation
Module Module1
Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application
'Connect to DraftSight application
dsApp = DirectCast(Marshal.GetActiveObject("DraftSight.Application"), DraftSight.Interop.dsAutomation.Application)
'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight to avoid nested commands
dsApp.AbortRunningCommand()
If dsApp Is Nothing Then
Return
End If
Dim dsApplicationOptions As ApplicationOptions = dsApp.GetApplicationOptions()
'Change colors of user-interface elements
'Set color of text of command window to blue or black, dependent on current color
Dim dsColor As Color = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_CommandWindowText)
MsgBox("Color of text command window before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Blue Then
dsColor.SetRGBColor(0, 0, 0)
Else
dsColor.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Blue)
End If
dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_CommandWindowText, dsColor)
MsgBox("Color of text of command window after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
'Set color of model crosshair to red or white, dependent on current color
dsColor = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelCrosshair)
MsgBox("Color of crosshair before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Red Then
dsColor.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White)
Else
dsColor.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_Red)
End If
dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelCrosshair, dsColor)
MsgBox("Color of crosshair after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
'Set color of background of model to white or black, dependent on current color
dsColor = dsApplicationOptions.GetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelBackground)
MsgBox("Color of model background before changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
If dsColor.GetNamedColor() = dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White Then
dsColor.SetRGBColor(0, 0, 0)
Else
dsColor.SetNamedColor(dsNamedColor_e.dsNamedColor_White)
End If
dsApplicationOptions.SetElementColor(dsElementColor_e.dsElementColor_ModelBackground, dsColor)
MsgBox("Color of model background after changing its color: " & dsColor.GetNamedColor())
End Sub
End Module