Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_TabOrder()
	' This example creates two new Layouts, sets the TabOrder of the Layouts to be
	' in alphabetic order, and displays a list of Layouts in the order they appear
	' in the tabs.

	Dim Layout1 As ACADLayout, Layout2 As ACADLayout
	Dim SortLayoutRight As ACADLayout, SortLayoutLeft As ACADLayout
	Dim SortIt As New Collection
	Dim TabCount As Long, SortCount As Long, TabOrder As Long
	Dim TabName As String, SortText As String, msg As String
	Dim tempLayout As ACADLayout
	Dim AddedTab As Boolean
	
	' Create new Layouts
	On Error Resume Next
	Set Layout1 = ThisDrawing.Layouts.Add("Z VIEW")
	Set Layout2 = ThisDrawing.Layouts.Add("A VIEW")
	On Error GoTo 0

	' Alphabetize internally
	For TabCount = 0 To (ThisDrawing.Layouts.count - 1)
		AddedTab = False
	
		TabName = ThisDrawing.Layouts(TabCount).name
	
		If TabName = "Model" Then GoTo SKIP				 ' Skip modelspace
	
		If SortIt.count = 0 Then
			SortIt.Add TabName							' Add to beginning of list
		Else
			For SortCount = 1 To SortIt.count			 ' Add to list by string
				SortText = SortIt(SortCount)
				If StrComp(TabName, SortText, vbTextCompare) = -1 Then
					If SortCount = 1 Then
						SortIt.Add TabName				' Add as first item
					Else
						SortIt.Add TabName, , SortCount	 ' Add as previous item
					End If
					AddedTab = True
					Exit For
				End If
			Next
		
			If Not (AddedTab) Then SortIt.Add TabName, , , SortIt.count  ' Add if we haven't yet
		End If

SKIP:
	Next

	' Write new ACAD tab order
	For SortCount = 1 To SortIt.count
		Set tempLayout = ThisDrawing.Layouts(SortIt(SortCount))
		tempLayout.TabOrder = SortCount
	Next

	'-------------------------------
	' Read and display New Tab Order
	'-------------------------------
	msg = "The tab order is now set to: " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
	For TabCount = 0 To (ThisDrawing.Layouts.count - 1)
		TabName = ThisDrawing.Layouts(TabCount).name
		If TabName = "Model" Then GoTo SKIP2				' Don't show modelspace
		TabOrder = ThisDrawing.Layouts(TabCount).TabOrder
		msg = msg & "(" & TabOrder & ")" & vbTab & TabName & vbCrLf

SKIP2:
	Next

	MsgBox msg, vbInformation

End Sub