Text Border Help

[robertast]

@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 🍾

 

[CGBenner]

@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?

[robertast]

@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

[CGBenner]

@bradeneuropeArthur 

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

[robertast]

@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. 😪

[robertast]

@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

[bradeneuropeArthur]

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?

[CGBenner]

@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.

[robertast]

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

[robertast]

@bradeneuropeArthur 

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

[imajar · Accepted solution]

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

[bradeneuropeArthur]

@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.

[robertast]

@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.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

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

[robertast]

@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.

[bradeneuropeArthur]

So:

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

[robertast]

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 😕

[robertast]

@bradeneuropeArthur 

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

[bradeneuropeArthur]

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

[robertast]

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 ...