Development: Looking for VBA example of an sidebar addin

[Anonymous]

Dear community,

could you give me a hint where to find an example to develop a sidebar for Inventor?

I already developed this one, which I would like to port to Inventor and would like to continue to develop together with you as a community project opensource'd. It might be that I'm using the wrong term ("sidebar"), therefore here a screenshot of what I have.

Thanks!

- Thomas

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Think you mean browser control!

[Anonymous]

While browsing through the internet, it seems to be it. However, I only can find anything specific to begin to develop such a browser control.

Do you or someone else know, where to find a template or a good howto?

Many thanks so far!

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try this way:

Sub DockableWindow()
    Dim oUserInterfaceMgr As UserInterfaceManager
    Set oUserInterfaceMgr = ThisApplication.UserInterfaceManager

    ' Create a new dockable window
    Dim oWindow As DockableWindow
    Set oWindow = oUserInterfaceMgr.DockableWindows.Add("SampleClientId", "TestWindowInternalName", "Test Window")

    ' Get the hwnd of the dialog to be added as a child
    ' CHANGE THIS VALUE!
    Dim hwnd As Long
    hwnd = 4851096

    ' Add the dialog as a child to the dockable window
    Call oWindow.AddChild(hwnd)

    ' Don't allow docking to top and bottom
    oWindow.DisabledDockingStates = kDockTop + kDockBottom

    ' Make the window visible
    oWindow.Visible = True
End Sub

Or look in the help file of inventor programming help file:

 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the hint. I will take a look at it as soon as I have time.

When further questions occur, I will open new threads here in the forum.

Thanks!