API Variant_BOOL

is Variant the same as Variant_BOOL for VisualBasic?
i mean that there is an entry in help:

<code>
(VARIANT_BOOL) bEnable
retval = SldWorks.EnableStereoDisplay ( bEnable )
Thus, any plug-in that might need to display stereoscopically should, upon
loading, immediately call EnableStereoDisplay, with the flags field set to
0x01. To actually activate stereo display, call EnableStereoDisplay with the
flags field set to 0x03. To deactivate stereo display, call
EnableStereoDisplay with the flags field set to 0x01. Finally, just before
the plug-in uninstalls, restore SolidWorks' default behavior by calling
EnableStereoDisplay with the flags field set to 0x00.
</code>
but i can not find any way to assign 0x03 to Variant, and
Dim bEnable as Variant_bool
does not compile
i`ve tried
Dim bEnable as Variant
bEnable=3
and
bEnable=-3 (because true is -1)
but i don`t know if it worked
How can i set bitfields in VB? i have been programming in delphi, i am not
good in Microsoft .Net

 

(VARIANT_BOOL) bEnable

Boolean value is simply a number, where False equals zero and True equals
any non-zero value. In VB, True is defined as -1, since in binary it is
11111111. This is to ensure, that "Not True" equals "False". In some
applications written in C, "True" may be any non-zero value.

Do you have a plug-in, which is able to display stereoscopically? I have
tried to tweak with stereo display as well, but the API functions in SW
doesn't seem to affect the SW display. I believe, that you should have an
add-in which would have an own OpenGL code to render the screen in stereo.

It would be interesting, indeed, if SW could render the left & right eye
images as stereo pair in the SW screen. No physical device such as goggles
would then be needed to display in true 3D.

Just like that.

-h-

 

I think if you assign 0x003 to DIM bEnable as variant then bEnable will
return a hex value. If you assign a double it will be a double, etc.

My other thought is that 0x01 and 0x03 are not booleans, they are hex and
typically stored in integers.

 

I think if you assign 0x003 to DIM bEnable as variant then bEnable will

Hex is not a data type, it is just a way how to express numbers. There is no
difference beetween bEnable = 0x03 and bEnable = 3.

Boolean is simply an integer which is called boolean. Zero means "false" and
non-zero means "true". "True" is just an integer constant which has value
of -1. You can assign any numerical value to boolean variable, but it is
quite rare.

-h-

 

How can i set bitfields in VB?

No, i don`t have such plug-in.
there was such plug-in on www.stereoworks.com but it is no longer there.
I have Quadro4 780GLX and shutter glasses, but i can`t get it to work in SW
.. . .
..(works fine with other apps)

Thanks for help

 

Didn't say hex was a data type. Read carefully what I said.

Dim bEnable as Variant

sub main()

bEnable = &HA
debug.print bEnable

end sub

If you put a watch on bEnable you will find that &HA is stored as an integer
and debug.print will print 10.

 

Yes, please.
My addres does not contain any "-" (minuses)
Thanks in advance.

 

Well, there`s the result:
Plug-in installed, added an option to Turn it on.
When turned on, i can see a difference, because image goes a bit right. It
looks like it shows only the image for right eye, not switching to left.
Shutterglasses appear not to turn on, nor even blink.
When i adjust stereo options, image goes a bit left or right.
So there is something about it, but so far i didn`t manage to make it work .
.. . .

 

I write it one more time, including keywords, so i hope someone searching
google will find it

Keywords: SolidWorks stereo stereographics GeForce Quadro4 SoftQuadro
shutter glasses API EnableStereoDisplay

My story is that i bought gaiward Ti4200 + Stereo Shutter glasses for 3D
viewing, and intended to work with it in SolidWorks.
Bad luck, though. did not worked.
I`ve conducted deep search and finded another post that with Asus GF it
doesn`t work either.
Here`s what i`ve tried:
1. SoftQuadro4 with RivaTuner -> GF becomes Q4 780 GLX
2. StereoGraphics Plug-in for SolidWorks 2001
3. almost evry combination of settings

Well, there`s the result:
Plug-in installed, i can see it added an option in SW\View to Turn it on.
When turned on, i can see a difference, because image goes a bit right. It
looks like it shows only the image for right eye, not switching to left.
Shutterglasses appear not to turn on, nor even blink.
When i adjust stereo options, image goes a bit left or right.
So there is something about it, but so far i didn`t manage to make it work .

If you find out anything that might help, please let me know:
(with no antispam - minuses inside)