Get Started
The VB API for Creo Parametric is an asynchronous application that can be used from any COM-enabled application including Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET), Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and external Internet Explorer instances using scripting.
Setting Up a VB Application
For your application to communicate with Creo Parametric, you must set the PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE environment variable to the full path of the executable, pro_comm_msg.exe. Typically, the path to the executable is <creo_loadpoint>\<datecode>\Common Files\<machine type>\obj\pro_comm_msg.exe, where machine type is i486_nt for 32-bit Windows and x86e_win64 for 64-bit Windows installations.
Set PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE as:
1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Click System. The System Properties windows opens.
3. In the Advanced tab, click the Environment Variables button.
4. Add PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE to System variables.