GetCurrentGageName Method

Description

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub GetCurrentGageName( _ ByVal pDocument As Object, _ ByRef bstrGageName As String _ )

Parameters

pDocument: Specify Sheet metal document.
bstrGageName: Returns name of currently applied Gage as string.

Example

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub GetCurrentGageName_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles GetCurrentGageName.Click
        Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim objSMDoc As SolidEdgePart.SheetMetalDocument = Nothing
        Dim myMatTable As SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable = Nothing
        Dim strGageName 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.GetCurrentGageName(objSMDoc, strGageName)
            MsgBox("Current Gage Name:   " + strGageName)

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

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public class Form1
{

    private void GetCurrentGageName_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SolidEdgeFramework.Application objApplication = null;
        SolidEdgePart.SheetMetalDocument objSMDoc = null;
        SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable myMatTable = null;
        string strGageName = "";

        try
        {
            objApplication = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
            // Get the material table object from the application
            myMatTable = objApplication.GetMaterialTable();

            objSMDoc = objApplication.ActiveDocument;
            if (objSMDoc == null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Failed to get Sheet Metal Document object.");
            }

            myMatTable.GetCurrentGageName(objSMDoc, strGageName);
            MessageBox.Show("Current Gage Name:   " + strGageName);

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
    }
 }