getting psvport name

in acad2004, i want to retrieve the index name(number) of the viewport using
activex.

i'm able to get the active layout, and the vports in that layout, and the
properties of each vport, but i don't see the index name from each vport. i
need to be able to compare that index name(number) to other info. what
obvious thing am i missing here?

thanks,
daron

 

Viewport Id numbers are assigned in the
order of creation.

 

so as i cycle through the viewports, the first psviewport is 2, next is 3,
etc?

 

so that i understand, if i...
- have 4 psviewports
- erase a psviewport
- get & examine the layout block object

it will still show 4 psviewports?

thanks Jason,
daron

 

Yes. However, I failed to mention that simply
iterating through the layout block object looking
for paperspace viewports and incrementing an
index does not account for viewports that have
been erased.

 

as i see it, that is consistent with CVPORT. if you erase 3, you can only
set 2 and 4.

thanks for the help Jason, )
daron

 

No, it will show 3 viewports but one of the
id numbers will not necessarily be correct
depending on which viewport was erased.

Create 3 viewports in a new drawing, they
will have id numbers of 2 3 and 4. If you
erase the second viewport your id numbers
are still 2 and 4 not 2 and 3.

 

thanks Luis, i'll keep that in mind.

cheers,
daron

 

That is correct, consistent with CVPORT.
Don't know of any direct activeX route to
get what you are after, and you are welcome.

 

Jason, i don't know if you are still watch this thread, but is there a way
using activex to access the current viewport without selecting it?

i'm not able to do what i thought iterating through the psviewports.

thanks,
daron

 

Not Jason, but:
(setq thisVP (vla-get-activepviewport *doc*))

HTH,
Jeff

 

<sigh> oh look, trees in the forest. who knew? (setvar "sarcasm" 0)

thank you Jeff )
daron