GetCurrentMaterialName Method

Description

This method is used to fetch the name of currently applied material of a sheet metal document.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub GetCurrentMaterialName( _ ByVal pDocument As Object, _ ByRef bstrMaterialName As String _ )

Parameters

pDocument: Specify Sheet metal document.
bstrMaterialName: Returns name of currently applied material as string.

Example

Example (VB.NET)

Private Sub GetCurrentMaterialName_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles GetCurrentMaterialName.Click
    Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
    Dim objSMDoc As SolidEdgePart.SheetMetalDocument = Nothing
    Dim myMatTable As SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable = Nothing
    Dim strMTlName As String = ""

    Try
        objApplication = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")
        ' Get the material table object from the application
        myMatTable = objApplication.GetMaterialTable()

        objSMDoc = objApplication.ActiveDocument
        If (objSMDoc Is Nothing) Then
            MsgBox("Failed to get Sheet Metal Document object.")
        End If

        Call myMatTable.GetCurrentMaterialName(objSMDoc, strMTlName)
        MsgBox("Current Material Name:   " + strMTlName)

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