GetNameList {Tendon Object}

GetNameList

Syntax

SapObject.SapModel.TendonObj.GetNameList

VB6 Procedure

Function GetNameList(ByRef NumberNames As Long, ByRef MyName() As String) As Long

Parameters

NumberNames

The number of tendon object names retrieved by the program.

MyName

This is a one-dimensional array of tendon object names. The MyName array is created as a dynamic, zero-based, array by the APIuser:

Dim MyName() as String

The array is dimensioned to (NumberNames 1) inside the Sap2000 program, filled with the names, and returned to the APIuser.

Remarks

This function retrieves the names of all defined tendon objects.

The function returns zero if the names are successfully retrieved, otherwise it returns nonzero.

VBA Example

Sub GetTendonObjectNames()

'dimension variables

Dim SapObject as cOAPI

Dim SapModel As cSapModel

Dim ret As Long

Dim NumberNames As Long

Dim MyName() As String

Dim NumberPoints As Long

Dim MyType() As Long

Dim x() As Double

Dim y() As Double

Dim z() As Double

Dim Name1 As String

Dim Name2 As String

'create Sap2000 object

Set SapObject = CreateObject("CSI.SAP2000.API.SapObject")

'start Sap2000 application

SapObject.ApplicationStart

'create SapModel object

Set SapModel = SapObject.SapModel

'initialize model

ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel

'create model from template

ret = SapModel.File.New2DFrame(PortalFrame, 2, 144, 2, 288)

'add tendon object by points

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.AddByPoint("3", "9", Name1)

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.AddByPoint("2", "8", Name2)

'set tendon geometry

NumberPoints = 3

ReDim MyType(NumberPoints - 1)

ReDim x(NumberPoints - 1)

ReDim y(NumberPoints - 1)

ReDim z(NumberPoints - 1)

MyType(0) = 1

MyType(1) = 7

MyType(2) = 6

x(0) = 0:y(0) = 0

x(1) = 288:y(1) = -12

x(2) = 576:y(2) = 0

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.SetTendonData(Name1, NumberPoints, MyType, x, y, z, "Local")

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.SetTendonData(Name2, NumberPoints, MyType, x, y, z, "Local")

'get tendon object names

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.GetNameList(NumberNames, MyName)

'close Sap2000

SapObject.ApplicationExit False

Set SapModel = Nothing

Set SapObject = Nothing

End Sub

Release Notes

Initial release in version 11.00.

See Also