Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_SetVariable()
	' This example sets various system variables, each of
	' a different data type.

	Dim sysVarName As String
	Dim sysVarData As Variant
	Dim DataType As Integer

	' Set FILEDIA system variable (data type Integer) to 1. NOTE that
	' you need to declare a variable as the data type of system variable,
	' assign data to that variable and then make it variant type
	Dim intData As Integer
	sysVarName = "FILEDIA"
	intData = 1
	sysVarData = intData	' Integer data
	ThisDrawing.SetVariable sysVarName, sysVarData

	' Check the variable using GetVariable
	sysVarData = ThisDrawing.GetVariable(sysVarName)
	MsgBox sysVarName & " = " & sysVarData, , "SetVariable Example"

	' Set DCTCUST system variable (data type String) to "My Custom Dictionary"
	Dim strData As String
	sysVarName = "DCTCUST"
	strData = "My Custom Dictionary"
	sysVarData = strData		' String data
	ThisDrawing.SetVariable sysVarName, sysVarData

	' Check the variable using GetVariable
	sysVarData = ThisDrawing.GetVariable(sysVarName)
	MsgBox sysVarName & " = " & sysVarData, , "SetVariable Example"
   
	' Set CHAMFERA system variable (data type Double) to 1.5
	Dim dataDouble As Double
	sysVarName = "CHAMFERA"
	dataDouble = 1.5
	sysVarData = dataDouble ' Double data
	ThisDrawing.SetVariable sysVarName, sysVarData
	' Check the variable using GetVariable
	sysVarData = ThisDrawing.GetVariable(sysVarName)
	MsgBox sysVarName & " = " & sysVarData, , "SetVariable Example"
   
	' Set INSBASE system variable (data type array) to (1.0,1.0,0)
	Dim arrayData3D(0 To 2) As Double
	sysVarName = "INSBASE"
	arrayData3D(0) = 1#: arrayData3D(1) = 1#: arrayData3D(2) = 0
	sysVarData = arrayData3D	' 3D array data
	ThisDrawing.SetVariable sysVarName, sysVarData
	' Check the variable using GetVariable
	sysVarData = ThisDrawing.GetVariable(sysVarName)
	MsgBox sysVarName & " = " & sysVarData(0) & ", " & sysVarData(1) & ", " & sysVarData(2), , "SetVariable Example"

End Sub