Re: Automation DxDesigner change "Symbol Name"

Assuming you already have an active connection from your automation to an open DxDesigner session, you would do something like this:

Sub fix_props()

        

         Dim attr As ViewDraw.Attribute

         Dim sym_name AsString

         Dim comp As ViewDraw.Component

         Dim comp_col AsObject

         Dim view As ViewDraw.View

        

         blok = Nothing

         view = app.ActiveView

        

         comp_col = view.query(128, 1)

        

         ForEach comp In comp_col

             'get the symbol naame

             attr = comp.FindAttribute("Symbol")

             IfNot attr IsNothingThen

                 sym_name = attr.Value

             EndIf

                

             'change the partition naame

             attr = comp.FindAttribute("Partition")

             IfNot attr IsNothingThen

                 attr.Value = "New_Partition_Name"

             EndIf

         Next

            

EndSub

However, changing the partition value like this is not a good idea.  If you are using DxDatabook, you should change it in the part's databook entry in your database.

If you are replacing a part, it's a whole other can of worms which is much more complicated than can be treated in a thread like this.  It would take an entire application with a lot more going on.