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Document Property (ActiveX)

Gets the document (drawing) in which the object belongs.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Property Value

Read-only: Yes

Type: Document

The document (drawing) that contains the object.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Document()
    ' This example creates a circle in model space and then
    ' finds the name of the document that the circle resides in.
   
    Dim circleObj As AcadCircle
    Dim centerPoint(0 To 2) As Double
    Dim radius As Double
    
    ' Define the circle
    centerPoint(0) = 0#: centerPoint(1) = 0#: centerPoint(2) = 0#
    radius = 5#
    
    ' Create the Circle object in model space
    Set circleObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddCircle(centerPoint, radius)
    ZoomAll
    
    ' Find the document name for the circle
    Dim currDoc As AcadDocument
    Set currDoc = circleObj.Document
    
    MsgBox "The circle resides in: " & currDoc.name
        
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Document()
    ;; This example creates a circle in model space and then
    ;; finds the name of the document that the circle resides in.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))  
    
    ;; Define the circle
    (setq centerPoint (vlax-3d-point 0 0 0)  
          radius 5)

    ;; Create the Circle object in model space
    (setq modelSpace (vla-get-ModelSpace doc))
    (setq circleObj (vla-AddCircle modelSpace centerPoint radius))
    (vla-ZoomAll acadObj)
    
    ;; Find the document name for the circle
    (setq currDoc (vla-get-Document circleObj))
    
    (alert (strcat "The circle resides in: " (vla-get-Name currDoc)))
)

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