API-Locking external references

I am trying to add some code to my program that will lock all the
external references for the active doc but I keep receiving an error
stating "Expected function or variable".

I can get it to work if I comment out the SetSuccess variable and just
use Modeldoc.LockAllExternalReferences, which is what I will probably
do for now but I was hoping someone could tell me why this is not
working correctly.


<snip>
Dim SetSuccess As Boolean
SetSuccess = Modeldoc.LockAllExternalReferences 'lock all external
references
<snip>

 

Hello Sam,

The method you are using is documented in the SolidWorks API Help(tm) as
following:

Syntax (OLE Automation)
void ModelDoc2.LockAllExternalReferences ( )
Void means that the method does not return a value, eg. it is a "sub". So
you cannot assign it to a variable, as you have tried in your example.
"Expected function or variable" means literally, that assigning a value to a
variable requires a function call or another variable; calling a sub is not
a function call.

Hope this helps!

-h-