GetCountOfCustomProperties Method

Description

Returns the count of custom properties of a material from specified library.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub GetCountOfCustomProperties( _ ByVal bstrMatName As String, _ ByVal bstrMatLibName As String, _ ByRef nNumOfCustProps As Integer _ )

Parameters

bstrMatName: Specify name of material as string.
bstrMatLibName: Specify name of the library as string.
nNumOfCustProps: Returns the number of properties as integer.

Example

Example (VB.NET)

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim objType As Type = Nothing
        Dim objMatTable As SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable = Nothing
        Dim strLibrary As String = "Materials"
        Dim objDocument As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument = Nothing
        Dim strMaterial As String = ""
        Dim strMessage As String
        Dim nNumOfCustProps As Integer
        Try
            ' Get SE handle
            objApp = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")

            If objApp Is Nothing Then
                ' Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID
                objType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application")
                ' Start Solid Edge
                objApp = Activator.CreateInstance(objType)
                ' Make Solid Edge visible
                objApp.Visible = True
            End If
            ' Get material table object handle
            objMatTable = objApp.GetMaterialTable()
            strMaterial = "Steel"
            objMatTable.GetCountOfCustomProperties(strMaterial, strLibrary, nNumOfCustProps)

            strMessage = String.Format("Steel has {0} custom Properties", nNumOfCustProps)
            MsgBox(strMessage)



        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString)
        End Try

    End Sub

End Class