Manipulating object symbol by vbscript

[Former Member]

Hello,

is there any possibility to adjust the order of table symbol on the diagram by vbscript? I used scripting to create new table, to attach a new symbol to that table, but I haven`t found any way, how to put the table symbol under the symbol of other table. My new symbol should be partially overlaped by other table symbol.

In fact, I`m trying to find the Order - Send to backward function from the context menu of table symbol on the diagram.

Can someone help?

Thank you,

Ondre

[former_member185199 · Accepted solution]

Hello Ondreij

You get z Order by the order in the collection:

Symbols As ObjectCol

Ordered composition collection of Base Symbol (BaseSymbol). This collection owns all symbols displayed in current diagram. The order of symbols in this collection is the depth order: the last object in the collection appears in front of all others.

Symbols in Diagrams is an Orderd collection you can move symbols with the move function.

I.1.3 Ordered collections (ObjectCol)

Such collections support the following additional properties and methods:

ObjectCol member:	Usage:
Insert(idx As Long = -1, obj As BaseObject)	Inserts objects in collection. If no index is provided, the index -1 is used wich means the object is simply added as the last object of the collection.
RemoveAt(idx As Long = -1, delete As Boolean = False)	Removes object at given index from collection. If no index is provided the index -1 is used wich means the removed object is the last object in collection (if any). Optionally delete the object.
Move(dest As Long, source As Long)	Moves object from source index to destination index.
CreateNewAt( idx As Long = -1, kind As Long = 0) As BaseObject	Creates an object of a given kind, and inserts it at given position. If no index is provided the index -1 is used wich means the object is simply added as the last object of the collection. If no object kind is specified the value 0 is used wich means that the Kind property will be used. See below the restrictions on using this method.

HTH

dj

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Dirk, that was it.

Ondrej