Getting component's name when used more than once in sub-assemblies

Thanks for your answer Josh... I still think I can get the name of the component even if the component is not at top-level. As a matter of fact, I can retrieve the component's name with GetComponentByName when only one instance of the component is assembled somewhere no matter the level.

Hi Nilesh,

I have not tried the SelectByID2 command. I am not very familiar with it... Here is my code so far:

Sub Actualizar_Click()

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Dim Part As SldWorks.AssemblyDoc

Dim swComp As SldWorks.Component2

Set swApp = GetObject(, "SldWorks.Application")

Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc

Set swComp = Part.GetComponentByName("Medio_cople_SIL-1")

If Worksheets("General").Range("H21").Value = "L" Then

            swComp.SetSuppression2 (swComponentResolved)

            swComp.ReferencedConfiguration = Worksheets("Silenciadores").Range("F41").Value

Else

            swComp.SetSuppression2 (swComponentSuppressed)

End If

Th macro is run from the main assembly. It works fine as long as I don't have another Medio_cople_SIL-1 used somewhere else in my complete assembly. That means that SW manages to find this component no matter at what level it is assembled. For exemple, this component is assembled inside a sub-assembly (so it is not at top-level). But when I assemble the same component in another sub-assembly, then I have a problem. Actually, that makes sense because I am calling a component that is used twice in the complete assembly (that I understand!!!!). My question is: what is the proper syntax when using the GetComponentByName command. I already tried with "@"  and "/" without any success...