topic Re: Text Border Help in Inventor Forum

Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:59:41 GMT

@chandra.shekar.g, @johnsonshiue , @DannyHubbard , @CGBenner

Dear professionals, who have access to the "Record Macro" button. Write and share "Text Border" macros.
After all, it did not come from heaven. Much needed, please help 🙏

You really have that opportunity or you know someone who can do it. Thank you in advance 🍾

Re: Text Border Help

CGBenner — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:22:19 GMT

@robertast

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. Do you want to know how to create a macro to do this? Or are you asking for this to be added to Inventor?

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:31:31 GMT

@CGBenner

Yes I want to know how to do it. And I believe you can help, because the "Record macro" button is for your internal use. Make this service very please

Re: Text Border Help

CGBenner — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:52:59 GMT

@bradeneuropeArthur

You're good with VBA, do you think you can help this user with writing a macro?

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:15:45 GMT

@CGBenner

I believe that only an Autodesk employee can help. Only he has access to those "magical" button. Arthur, I think, has no such opportunity. 😪

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:18:21 GMT

@CGBenner

I believe that only an Autodesk employee can help. Only he has access to those "magical" button. Arthur, I think, has no such opportunity. 😪

There is no description in official documents on how to do this. But for two years now it’s been at Inventor. So if not with iLogic, then with VBA it can definitely be done

Re: Text Border Help

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:27:15 GMT

I can write macros with VBA.

Also I can create add ins with vb.net.

But I don't exactly know what @robertast needs. Is this equal to what Ms excel has RECORD MACRO.

That will be a bridge to far for me?

Re: Text Border Help

CGBenner — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:33:10 GMT

@robertast I guess I am still confused on exactly what you want. I can add text in Inventor with and without a text box, right from the Text tool.

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:33:49 GMT

Well, if it's not clear from the screen, I'll add a video. I want to get it all just with iLogic or VBA

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:38:45 GMT

@bradeneuropeArthur

This magic Save Macro button (like exsel) also has an autodesk for internal use. 😉

Re: Text Border Help

imajar — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:46:24 GMT

I'm afraid I still don't know what you are asking for here. Are you asking someone to write an ilogic form to place text in a drawing? Or are you asking an autodesk employee to share with you one of their internal tools for recording macros? Or are you asking an autodesk employee to use their internal tool to record the macro for you?

As a side note, I do not believe the text border option is currently available in the API:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/text-border-on-leader-text/td-p/8531223

Re: Text Border Help

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:48:30 GMT

@robertast how do you know that, have you seen it. But this is what you are searching for then?

@CGBenner is this story true.

I don't believe it that it is possible because of complexibility of inventor.

There is an event viewer that can capture events but more I don't believe it is available.

Regards.

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:56:38 GMT

@imajar

therefore, ask an autodesk employee to use their resources and write around the text the part of the code that makes up that frame.

I saw that topic creating you in the instruction. But more than a year has passed, so I hope Autodesk can already sing this part of the code.

Re: Text Border Help

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:01:21 GMT

I still don't get what you need, sorry!

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:02:20 GMT

@bradeneuropeArthur

I don’t want a "magical" button. I want the text to be written in code, and the edge. Just like in the video I show. All you have to do is iLogic.

Re: Text Border Help

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:07:26 GMT

So:

A macro in vba that creates text with a border. That's it?

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:08:42 GMT

I try to explain with finger again.
There is a code:

  Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument
     oDrawDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

    Dim oActiveSheet As Sheet
     oActiveSheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
	 
	     Dim oTG As TransientGeometry
     oTG = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry

Dim sNote As String = "<StyleOverride Font='Arial' FontSize='0.3,5' Bold='True' Italic='True'>"+ "My Text" +  "</StyleOverride>"

Dim oDrawingNote As GeneralNote

oDrawingNote = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet.DrawingNotes.GeneralNotes.AddFitted(oTG.CreatePoint2d(10.0#, 10.0), sNote)
    oDrawingNote.VerticalJustification = kAlignTextMiddle
    oDrawingNote.HorizontalJustification = kAlignTextCenter

But he doesn’t make a Border 😕

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:26:35 GMT

@bradeneuropeArthur

As it is. I need a macro or iLogic that creates text with a border

Re: Text Border Help

bradeneuropeArthur — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:48:29 GMT

Think that this is not API supported as @imajar mentioned!

Re: Text Border Help

robertast — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:03:10 GMT

But the "Border" button is there. Hence, there is a procedure that is performed by clicking, so there is a code describing this procedure. Is it not possible to get the part of the code that does this?
I agree that the only thing was the ajarrett method before there was this "Border" button. But now ...