topic Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value? in Inventor Programming Forum

API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

pball — Wed, 03 May 2017 17:28:36 GMT

Is it possible to have the API return the name of an enumerator like kAlighTextLeft instead of 19970? Having the name be returned could save a trip to the API help to find out what it is.

Debug.Print ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ActiveSheet.DrawingNotes.GeneralNotes.Item(1).HorizontalJustification

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

HermJan.Otterman — Thu, 04 May 2017 09:16:14 GMT

Hello,

when I use VB.net (visual studio) and I Add ".tostring" I get the text value

Dim oDrawDoc As Inventor.DrawingDocument = _inventorApp.ActiveDocument

MsgBox(oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet.DrawingNotes.GeneralNotes.Item(1).HorizontalJustification.ToString)

without the tostring, I get the number.

in iLogic I always get the number....

what are you using?

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

MechMachineMan — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:51:47 GMT

I tried the .ToString method but couldn't get it to work.

Also tried the .GetName method, but it says cannot use on Type integer.

Stuck using a select case structure...

Wondering if there is any way around this?

'oRow.BOMStructure.GetName("BOMStructureEnum", oRow.BOMStructure),

vs 

		Select Case oRow.BOMStructure
			Case 51970
				oRowBOMStructure = "Normal"
			Case 51973
				oRowBOMStructure = "Purchased"
			Case 51971
				oRowBOMStructure = "Phantom"
			Case 51972
				oRowBOMStructure = "Reference"
			Case 51974
				oRowBOMStructure = "Inseparable"
			Case Else
				oRowBOMStructure = "??????????"	
		End Select

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

pball — Thu, 18 May 2017 18:28:26 GMT

I use VBA, iLogic, and VB.net for different things. Though I frequently use VBA for testing and playing around with code, which then gets moved to my VB.net addin. So a solution that works in VBA and/or iLogic would be best.

Thanks for posting your VB.net solution. I'm sure I'll end up using it at some point.

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

ekinsb — Wed, 24 May 2017 20:27:25 GMT

VBA doesn't support anything to get the name of an enum value, like .NET does. It would be possible, with some work, to write your own function similar to what Justin suggests above but it's not built into VBA.

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

Maxim-CADman77 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:18:20 GMT

Sorry for updating this but there is still something to discuss - https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/fail-to-get-textual-names-of-browser-node-types-with-tostring-in/td-p/9377817

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

JhoelForshav — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:58:00 GMT

Hi,

See my response here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/fail-to-get-textual-names-of-browser-node-types-with-tostring-in/td-p/9377817

Using ThisApplication.TestManager you can find the Enumerator valuename 🙂

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

JelteDeJong — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 22:51:40 GMT

in iLogic i use 2 functions to find the name of an object or an Enum. check this rule. (i didnt find a vba version of this rules.)

Public Sub Main() ' for inventor objects you can use this to find the object type. showtInventorObjectType(ThisDoc.Document) ' for enum objects you can use this for the name showEnumName(Of HorizontalTextAlignmentEnum)(ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ActiveSheet.DrawingNotes.GeneralNotes.Item(1).HorizontalJustification) End Sub Public Sub showtInventorObjectType(obj As Object) showEnumName(Of ObjectTypeEnum)(obj.type) End Sub Public Sub showEnumName(Of T)(obj As Object) MsgBox(CType(obj, T).ToString()) End Sub

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

BrianEkins — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 03:01:50 GMT

As I said before, this isn't supported in VBA but with .NET it's built-in and can easily be done. Here's an example that will work in a Visual Basic program or an iLogic rule (since they both use .NET) that will display the name of an enum value for the current document type. The first argument identifies which enum and the second is the enum value and it returns the name of the enum.

MsgBox([Enum].GetName(GetType(Inventor.DocumentTypeEnum), doc.DocumentType))

Re: API Return Enumerator Name instead of numeric value?

Maxim-CADman77 — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 08:17:04 GMT

This helped me.
Good trick. Thanks!!