TheSwamp
Code Red => VB(A) => Topic started by: David Hall on October 13, 2006, 01:24:26 PM
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I am trying to create a text file of dwg files to be processed using VBA and Acad 2007. I thought I would use the common control dialog box, but I cant find the reference to add. I have VS2003 and VS2005 express for C# on machine. (just fyi in case it matters) I also have office, Im running XP pro and Office 2003 i think.
Anyway, I would like to give users a way to point to files or directory of files for batch plotting. The batch plotting part is done, I just need to create the file to use for printing. Any ideas what I need to reference to get this functionality?
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Update
What i am trying to do is make a simple interface for some of my challenged users. What I do is go to the folder I want to plot, and type
dir *.dwg /b/s > c:\dwgnum.dat
which creates a file that my code reads and plots. I was thinking that if I could use the open dialog box to get a folder name w/ path, I could shell out and run my DOS command to create the file.
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I have tried to use an example of the Win API, but Im lost, so if that is how I should do it, I could use some pointers
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http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/browse/browseoverview.htm
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CmdrDuh , I agree it's pretty confusing.
Here is a mix of a few different functions, including some from Mp's site. This is basically a class that does most of the folder,file handling stuff. BrowseCallbackProc needs to be in a standard module.
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CmdrDuh, just wondering if it was useable to you?
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sorry, i went on holiday for 4 days. i'm going to try those out today
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the fishing was great, 22 trout in 2 days.
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OK, its crashing on this line
mvarFileName = String(mvarMaxFileSize, 0) in the class init sub
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
Set cFiles = New Collection
mvarMaxFileSize = 256
mvarFileName = String(mvarMaxFileSize, 0)
Set Fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
End Sub
any ideas? It looks like a cast that went wrong
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Hi CmdrDuh, I'm glad the fishing was so good, must have been a blast.
About the code, do you have incredibly long path names?
Like over 256 long, if so up the 256.
I don't know the workings of api's that well and I'm not sure if the 256 is bits or characters, but if the paths are really long try 512
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it never gets far enough for me to pick a path.
The error msg is :
Compile error:
Can't find project or library[/quote
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using this
Sub GetFolder()
Dim CD As CommonDialog
Dim sFolder As String
Set CD = New CommonDialog ' this line calls the init class
CD.DialogTitle = "Pick the drawings folder:"
sFolder = CD.BrowseForFolder("C")
Debug.Print sFolder
End Subit goes to this
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
Set cFiles = New Collection
mvarMaxFileSize = 256
mvarFileName = String(mvarMaxFileSize, 0)
Set Fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
End Sub
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I have never used API calls, mostly because I never learned how, so I have no clue whats wrong
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I was just told I might need VB6. Anybody else have issues like this?
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There is a problem with BrowseForFolderByPIDL as vb5 doesn't have a AddressOf , but I have a fix I used in acad2000. I'll have a look when I get home.
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Oops 2000i is vb6.
Perhaps someone can verify there is no problem w/ vb6. It works for me.
Here is the 2000 stuff to add
'for 2000
Private Declare Function GetCurrentVbaProject _
Lib "vba332.dll" Alias "EbGetExecutingProj" _
(hProject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetFuncID _
Lib "vba332.dll" Alias "TipGetFunctionId" _
(ByVal hProject As Long, ByVal strFunctionName As String, _
ByRef strFunctionId As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetAddr _
Lib "vba332.dll" Alias "TipGetLpfnOfFunctionId" _
(ByVal hProject As Long, ByVal strFunctionId As String, _
ByRef lpfn As Long) As Long
'for 2000
In the functiion Public Function BrowseForFolderByPIDL
Replace .lpfn = FARPROC(AddressOf BrowseCallbackProc)
with .lpfn = FARPROC(AddrOf("BrowseCallbackProc")) '''''''''2000
Public Function AddrOf(strFuncName As String) As Long
Dim hProject As Long
Dim lngResult As Long
Dim strID As String
Dim lpfn As Long
Dim strFuncNameUnicode As String
Const NO_ERROR = 0
' The function name must be in Unicode, so convert it.
strFuncNameUnicode = StrConv(strFuncName, vbUnicode)
' Get the current VBA project
' The results of GetCurrentVBAProject seemed inconsistent, in our tests,
' so now we just check the project handle when the function returns.
Call GetCurrentVbaProject(hProject)
' Make sure we got a project handle... we always should, but you never know!
If hProject <> 0 Then
' Get the VBA function ID (whatever that is!)
lngResult = GetFuncID( _
hProject, strFuncNameUnicode, strID)
' We have to check this because we GPF if we try to get a function pointer
' of a non-existent function.
If lngResult = NO_ERROR Then
' Get the function pointer.
lngResult = GetAddr(hProject, strID, lpfn)
If lngResult = NO_ERROR Then
AddrOf = lpfn
End If
End If
End If
End Function