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<h1>Insert Picture Example (VBA)</h1>
<p>This example shows how to insert a picture in a drawing document.</p>
<pre>'--------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Create a VBA macro in a software product in which VBA is
' embedded.
' 2. Copy and paste this example into the Visual Basic IDE.
' 3. Add a reference to the DraftSight type library,
' <i>install_dir</i>\<b>bin\dsAutomation.dll</b>.
' 4. Change the path and file name of the picture to insert.
' <b>NOTE</b>: The picture must be a PNG file.
' 5. Start DraftSight and open a drawing.
' 6. Run the macro.
'
' Postconditions: A message box pops up when the specified picture
' is inserted in the drawing document.
'--------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim dsApp As DraftSight.Application
Dim dsDoc As DraftSight.Document
Dim dsModel As DraftSight.Model
Dim dsSketchManager As DraftSight.SketchManager
Dim dsPicture As DraftSight.ReferenceImage
Dim imageFileName As String </pre>
<pre> 'Connect to DraftSight
Set dsApp = GetObject(, "DraftSight.Application")
'Abort any command currently running in DraftSight
'to avoid nested commands
dsApp.<b>AbortRunningCommand</b></pre>
<pre> 'Get active document
Set dsDoc = dsApp.<b>GetActiveDocument</b>()
If Not dsDoc Is Nothing Then </pre>
<pre> 'Get model space
Set dsModel = dsDoc.<b>GetModel</b>() </pre>
<pre> 'Get Sketch Manager
Set dsSketchManager = dsModel.<b>GetSketchManager</b>() </pre>
<pre> 'Replace picture's path and file
'name with yours
imageFileName = "c:\test\note.png" </pre>
<pre> 'Insert picture
Set dsPicture = dsSketchManager.<b>InsertPicture</b>(imageFileName, 0#, 0#, 0#, 1#, 0#) </pre>
<pre> If dsPicture Is Nothing Then
MsgBox imageFileName & " file was not found."
Else
MsgBox "A picture was inserted in the drawing."
End If </pre>
<pre> Else </pre>
<pre> MsgBox "There are no open documents in DraftSight." </pre>
<pre> End If
End Sub</pre>
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