Using VB Code

Submitted by rvogel on Wed, 07/05/2017 - 06:58
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.NET programming

I have used Visual Studio 2015 in the past to write and compile NXOpen applications. The IntelliSense available in the IDE is very helpful. I am considering using VS Code to write (not compile) NXOpen applications but I am not sure if the NX namespace can be added to it when programming in Visual Basic. In Visual Studio you add a reference to the needed NX dlls and IntelliSense picks up the namespace. Any thoughts on this? Have any other IDEs been used just for editing journals that utilize IntelliSense?

NXJournaling - Wed, 07/05/2017 - 07:33

I'm currently using VS community 2015 to write (uncompiled) journal code. Yes, you will need a reference to the NXOpen dll files. Basically, just keep writing code as you are now, but don't compile it. You will be left with a .vb file in your project directory (e.g. Module1.vb) that you can then run as a journal.

If your project is spread out over multiple files (for example, you have a custom class written in its own file or you are using Winforms), you must combine these files into a single .vb file for journal execution in NX. One of the requirements of running a journal is that all the code must be contained in a single file. An example of combining code like this can be found in the article about using Winforms:
http://nxjournaling.com/content/using-winforms-journals

ciao - Thu, 07/27/2017 - 08:46

I've only used VS Code very briefly. I assume it has some ability to add references, import namespaces, etc., or else it would be useless. As far as I know, there's nothing special or different about the NX/Open DLLs, so VS Code should be able to handle them the same way it handles anything else.

The other IDE I have used is SharpDevelop. I think it's pretty good. You have to get an older version (V4 or earlier, I think), because the newer versions don't support VB.