Hello,
I am looking for a macro that will lauch the save dialog box. I need to be able to browse to whichever folder I like then hit save and close. I found alot of examples that save to a specified location but I'm having a hard time pulling out what I need. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark Coville
Why you need a macro? Why can't you simply use a keyboard shortcut for Save or Save As??
It is part of a larger macro that creates a box from a user form I would like it to bring up the save as dialog box. 2 less clicks of the mouse.
Check this post: Adding browse function to macro
OR
Use the codes from these macros:
Re: blank out values in custom properties
And then have a button or codes that will activate the file save.
I am new to macros and I don't know which part of the examples to use. I am thinking it's only a couple lines but I don't know which lines to use. I have already browsed through 100s of examples and was wondering if someone already had what I'm looking for? A small program that launches the save as dialog from a part then closes after you pick which folder to save into.
Try the attached example. BTW what is your OS and SW version??
Mark,
Deepak's example will probably do what you want, but if you really want to do nothing more than open the SolidWorks-native Save As dialog box then create a new macro and use this code:
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Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Sub main()
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
swModel.Extension.RunCommand swCommands_SaveAs, Empty
End Sub
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Keith
Keith,
This is part of what I am looking for. I also was hoping it would close the file after I pick a location and hit save. Is this possible?
I am using win7 64x SW11 sp4.0
Thanks,
Mark, just add this line after the swModel.Extension.RunCommand line:
swApp.QuitDoc swModel.GetTitle
Note that if you have a drawing and a part with the same time open (e.g., "bracket") then which one gets closed is somewhat random. To ensure there is no confusion, you should have "Hide extensions for known file types" unchecked in your Windows folder options.
Keith
Thank you Keith! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Mark, just add this line after the swModel.Extension.RunCommand line:
swApp.QuitDoc swModel.GetTitle
Note that if you have a drawing and a part with the same time open (e.g., "bracket") then which one gets closed is somewhat random. To ensure there is no confusion, you should have "Hide extensions for known file types" unchecked in your Windows folder options.
Keith
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