Automation

Infrastructure

*Technical Articles*
What's New
Infrastructure Automation Objects	The Infrastructure objects for Automation
Object Architecture Overview	Object diagrams concepts and conventions
About Collections	Tips for handling collections
About SafeArrayVariant	Tips for handling arrays of Variants
About Subs and Functions	Tips for using Sub and Function procedures
About Numbers, Literals, and Units	Describes how CATIA Automation objects deal with numerical values and units
Invoking CATIA from a Scripting Language	Different ways to use CATIA Automation objects
About VB, VBA, Debug, and Portability	Tips for using different environments and languages
Administrating Settings with Automation	How to use setting controller objects to administrate settings
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*Use Cases*
Getting Started with Automation	Recording, Modifying and Replaying a macro
Adding a Macro as a Command in a Toolbar	How to get immediate access to a macro
Accessing Files and Folders	Creating, Finding and Reading Content of Files and Folders.
Creating a New CATIA Document	How to program the File->Create command.
Opening an Existing CATIA Document	How to program the File->Open command.
Closing a CATIA Document	How to program the File->Close command.
Saving an Existing CATIA Document	How to program the File->Save command.
Saving a New CATIA Document	How to program the File->SaveAs command.
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*Quick Reference*
Infrastructure Automation API Reference	Reference of Infrastructure Objects
System Automation API Reference	Reference of System Objects
Setting Controller Reference	Reference of the setting controller objects, property pages, and types
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History

Version: 1 [Oct 2000]	Document created
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