Dirty Property

Description

Specifies whether or not the referenced document has been modified since the last time it was saved.

Property type

Read-write property

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property Dirty As Boolean

Remarks

If you set the property to True, Solid Edge prompts for the Save operation when exiting. Once you have set this property to True, you cannot change the setting back to False.

Example

Example (Visual Basic)

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application
    Dim objDoc As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument
    Dim bDirty As Boolean
    ' Report errors
    Const PI = 3.14159265358979
    ' Create/get the application with specific settings
    On Error Resume Next
    Set objApp = GetObject(, "SolidEdge.Application")
    If Err Then
        Err.Clear
        Set objApp = CreateObject("SolidEdge.Application")
        Set objDoc = objApp.Documents.Add("SolidEdge.PartDocument")
        objApp.Visible = True
    Else
        Set objDoc = objApp.ActiveDocument
    End If
    ' initially the dirty property of the document should be false
    bDirty = objDoc.Dirty
    ' USER DISPLAY
    ' Release objects
    Set objApp = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
End Sub