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DonStauffer99
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Derived Component names

Is there a way to change the names of the parts in the browser of a derived part? Randomly, some of them have gotten .ipt on the end of them, like filenames, but not all of them. This messes me up when I try to look up a derived component in code. For example, this code:

SyntaxEditor Code Snippet

Dim dpcs As DerivedPartComponents
dpcs = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.ComponentDefinition.ReferenceComponents.DerivedPartComponents

Dim s As String
Dim i As Integer = 0

For Each dpc As DerivedPartComponent In dpcs
	i = i + 1
	If i > 1 Then s = s & Chr(10)
	s = s & dpc.Name 
Next

MsgBox(s)

 Produces the results in the attached screen shot: some of the parts have .ipt extensions, and some don't. Nothing I've tried has enabled me to change the names. The Name property of DerivedPartComponents is read-only, too.

 

Any suggestions?