Viewports Property (ActiveX)

Gets the Viewports collection for the document.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.Viewports

object

Type: Database, Document

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: Yes

Type: Viewports

The Viewports collection for the document.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Viewports()
    ' This example finds the current Viewports collection and
    ' adds a new viewport to that collection.
    
    Dim viewportColl As AcadViewports
    Set viewportColl = ThisDrawing.Viewports
    
    ' Create a viewport named "TEST" in the current drawing
    Dim viewportObj As AcadViewport
    Set viewportObj = viewportColl.Add("TEST")
    MsgBox "A new viewport called " & viewportObj.name & " has been added to the Viewports collection.", vbInformation, "Viewports Example"
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Viewports()
    ;; This example finds the current Viewports collection and
    ;; adds a new viewport to that collection.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))

    (setq viewportColl (vla-get-Viewports doc))
    
    ;; Create a viewport named "TEST" in the current drawing
    (setq viewportObj (vla-Add viewportColl "TEST"))
    (alert (strcat "A new viewport called " (vla-get-Name viewportObj) " has been added to the Viewports collection."))
)