Listing the Positional Representations in iLogic Form

By Balaji Ramamoorthy

The Positional Representations in an assembly document can change as you add or remove any of the representations. If you need to list the names of the representations in a combo-box inside your iLogic form, here is a way to do that.

Step-1 : Create a Multi-value user parameter of Text type. In the below example, we name this parameter as "PosReps"

Step-2 : In your iLogic form, drag the user-parameter created in Step-1. As it is a multi-value parameter, a combo-box will display its values

Step-3 : In your iLogic Rule, before you display the iLogic form, update the user parameter by iterating through the positional representation in the assembly document. Here is a sample iLogic rule that updates the user parameter named "PosReps" :

Dim  oAsmDoc AsAssemblyDocument

 oAsmDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument

Dim  oAsmCompDef AsAssemblyComponentDefinition

 oAsmCompDef = oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition

Dim  oPosReps AsPositionalRepresentations

 oPosReps = oAsmCompDef.RepresentationsManager _

 .PositionalRepresentations

Dim  List() AsString

ReDim  List(0 To  oPosReps.Count-1)

Dim  cnt AsInteger

 cnt = 0

Dim  oPosRep AsPositionalRepresentation

ForEach  oPosRep In  oPosReps

 	List(cnt) = oPosRep.Name

 	cnt = cnt + 1

Next

Dim  oPars AsUserParameters

 oPars = _

 oAsmDoc.ComponentDefinition.Parameters.UserParameters

Dim  oPar AsUserParameter

 oPar = oPars.Item("PosReps")

Dim  oExprList AsExpressionList

 oExprList = oPar.ExpressionList

Call  oExprList.SetExpressionList(List, False )

 oAsmDoc.Update

 iLogicForm.Show("Positional Reps")

Here is a screenshot of the iLogic form displaying the positional representations: