Creating X amount of rows in a custom form in a drawing

[alex.papuga]

Hi All,

I have a function that creates a custom form in a drawing which is working almost as I need. I pass the function a part number and it populates the columns based on that. This works fine (code included below), however what I want to be able to do is pass X amount of part numbers to the function, then a new row created for each part number.

How would I go about doing this? 

Thanks in advance. 

Function funcCustomTable(strPartNo As String)
	
Logger.Debug("funcCustomTable run with strPartNo: " + strPartNo)
	
Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
Dim oCols As Integer = 4
Dim oRows As Integer = 1

Select Case strPartNo
	
Case "1234567"
	strDesc = "description of part"
	
End Select

' Set the column titles
Dim oTitles(3) As String
oTitles(0) = "ITEM"
oTitles(1) = "PART NO"
oTitles(2) = "QTY"
oTitles(3) = "DESCRIPTION"
Logger.Debug("Titles Created")

' Set the contents of the custom table (contents are set row-wise)

Dim oContents(3) As String
oContents(0) = "1"
oContents(1) = strPartNo
oContents(2) = 1
oContents(3) = strDesc
Logger.Debug("Contents Created")

' Set the column widths (defaults to the column title width if not specified)
Dim oColumnWidths(3) As Double
oColumnWidths(0) = 1
oColumnWidths(1) = 2.9
oColumnWidths(2) = 1
oColumnWidths(3) = 9.7
Logger.Debug("Widths Adjusted")

oPlacementPoint = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(15, 15)
Logger.Debug("Placement Point Added")

' Create the custom table
Dim oCustomTable As CustomTable

Try	
	
	oCustomTable = oSheet.CustomTables.Add("SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL", oPlacementPoint, oCols, oRows, oTitles, oContents, oColumnWidths)

Catch ex As Exception

Logger.Debug(ex.ToString)

End Try

[JelteDeJong]

try something like this:

Sub Main()

	Dim partNumbers As New List(Of String)
	partNumbers.Add("1234567")
	partNumbers.Add("8901234")
	partNumbers.Add("1234567")

	funcCustomTable(partNumbers)

End Sub

Public Function funcCustomTable(partNumbers As List(Of String))

	Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
	Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
	Dim oCols As Integer = 4
	Dim oRows As Integer = 1
	Dim strDesc = String.Empty

	logger.Debug("Contents Created")

	' Set the column titles
	Dim oTitles(3) As String
	oTitles(0) = "ITEM"
	oTitles(1) = "PART NO"
	oTitles(2) = "QTY"
	oTitles(3) = "DESCRIPTION"
	logger.Debug("Titles Created")

	' Set the column widths (defaults to the column title width if not specified)
	Dim oColumnWidths(3) As Double
	oColumnWidths(0) = 1
	oColumnWidths(1) = 2.9
	oColumnWidths(2) = 1
	oColumnWidths(3) = 9.7
	logger.Debug("Widths Adjusted")

	Dim oPlacementPoint = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(15, 15)
	logger.Debug("Placement Point Added")

	' Create the custom table
	Dim oCustomTable As CustomTable

	Try
		Dim firstPartNumber = partNumbers.First()
		partNumbers.Remove(firstPartNumber)
		Dim content = createRowContent(firstPartNumber)

		oCustomTable = oSheet.CustomTables.Add("SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL", oPlacementPoint, oCols, oRows, oTitles, content, oColumnWidths)

		For Each partNumber As String In partNumbers
			content = createRowContent(partNumber)
			oCustomTable.Rows.Add(,, content)
		Next


	Catch ex As Exception

		logger.Debug(ex.ToString)

	End Try

End Function

Public Function createRowContent(partNumber)
	Dim description = "Unknown"
	Select Case partNumber

		Case "1234567"
			description = "description of part"
		Case "8901234"
			description = "description of part 2"

	End Select


	Dim content(3) As String
	content(0) = "1"
	content(1) = partNumber
	content(2) = 1
	content(3) = description

	Return content
End Function

[A.Acheson · Accepted solution]

Here is one approach. Create an empty table then add a row and populate then move to the next. 

Sub Main

	Dim strPartNoList As New List(Of String)
	strPartNoList.Add("1234567")
	strPartNoList.Add("123")
	strPartNoList.Add("12345")
	
	For Each strPartNo In strPartNoList
		funcCustomTable(strPartNo)
	Next
	
End Sub


Function funcCustomTable(strPartNo As String)
	
	Logger.Debug("funcCustomTable run with strPartNo: " + strPartNo)
		
	Dim oDrawDoc As DrawingDocument = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
	Dim oSheet As Sheet = oDrawDoc.ActiveSheet
	Dim oCustomTable As CustomTable 
	
	If oSheet.CustomTables.Count = 0 Then
	
		Dim oCols As Integer = 4
		Dim oRows As Integer = 1
		
		'Set the column titles.
		Dim oTitles(3) As String
		oTitles(0) = "ITEM"
		oTitles(1) = "PART NO"
		oTitles(2) = "QTY"
		oTitles(3) = "DESCRIPTION"
		Logger.Debug("Titles Created")

		'Set the column widths (defaults to the column title width if not specified).
		Dim oColumnWidths(3) As Double
		oColumnWidths(0) = 1
		oColumnWidths(1) = 2.9
		oColumnWidths(2) = 1
		oColumnWidths(3) = 9.7
		Logger.Debug("Widths Adjusted")

		Dim oPlacementPoint As Point2d = ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint2d(15, 15)
		Logger.Debug("Placement Point Added")

		Try	
			oCustomTable = oSheet.CustomTables.Add("SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL", oPlacementPoint, oCols, oRows, oTitles, , oColumnWidths)
		Catch ex As Exception
			Logger.Debug(ex.ToString)
		End Try
	Else
		'Get the custom table object.
		oCustomTable = oSheet.CustomTables(1)
		oCustomTable.Rows.Add()
	End If
	
	Dim strDesc As String
		
	Select Case strPartNo
		
	Case "1234567"
		strDesc  = "description of part"
	Case Else 
		strDesc  = "N/A"
	End Select

	'Get last row number.
	Dim TableRowNo As Integer = oCustomTable.Rows.Count 
	
	'Get row object.
	Dim TableRow As Row = oCustomTable.Rows(TableRowNo)
	
	'Get each cell object.
	Dim ItemCell As Cell = TableRow.Item(1)
	Dim PartCell As Cell = TableRow.Item(2)
	Dim QtyCell As Cell = TableRow.Item(3)
	Dim DescCell As Cell = TableRow.Item(4)
	
	'Populate the table.
	ItemCell.Value = (TableRowNo+1)-1 '-1 to Skip Header Row
	PartCell.Value = strPartNo
	QtyCell.Value = "1"
	DescCell.Value = strDesc
			
End  Function

[alex.papuga]

Thanks so much, worked as expected. Really handy to know how to pick out each cell object too. 

[A.Acheson]

Yes this works well for quering the table after its populated. And the same approach can be used for revision table and partslist. The API help has samples for the partslist in VBA launguage.