Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_TextPosition()
	' This example creates an aligned dimension and then changes the
	' TextPosition property for that dimension.

	Dim dimObj As AcadDimAligned
	Dim point1(0 To 2) As Double
	Dim point2(0 To 2) As Double
	Dim location(0 To 2) As Double

	' Define the dimension
	point1(0) = 5#: point1(1) = 3#: point1(2) = 0#
	point2(0) = 10#: point2(1) = 3#: point2(2) = 0#
	location(0) = 7.5: location(1) = 5#: location(2) = 0#

	' Create an aligned dimension object in model space
	Set dimObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddDimAligned(point1, point2, location)
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	MsgBox "The current text position for the dimension is " & dimObj.TextPosition(0) & ", " & dimObj.TextPosition(1) & ", " & dimObj.TextPosition(2), vbInformation, "TextPosition Example"

	' Change the text position location
	location(0) = 8.5: location(1) = 7: location(2) = 0
	dimObj.TextPosition = location
	dimObj.Update

	' Return the endpoint of the first extension line
	' Note that the return value is a Variant
	Dim retPoint As Variant
	retPoint = dimObj.TextPosition

	MsgBox "The new text position for the dimension is " & dimObj.TextPosition(0) & ", " & dimObj.TextPosition(1) & ", " & dimObj.TextPosition(2), vbInformation, "TextPosition Example"
End Sub