Generating Visual Basic code (Visual Basic code)

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This topic provides brief instructions for using ACS to generate Visual Basic code. For more information about using ACS, see Overview of ACS (ACS).

To generate Visual Basic code:

1. From Modeler, open the model from which you want to generate Visual Basic code.

2. If you have not done so already, add the VB Profile (and ACS Profile) to the model. For more information, see Adding the VB profile package to a model (Visual Basic code)

3. If the ACS/TDK Control toolbar is not shown, on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click ACS/TDK Control.

The ACS/TDK Control toolbar displays Not Connected.

4. Load ACS: on the ACS/TDK Control toolbar, click the

Load or Unload ACS button, and wait for ACS to load.

After ACS is loaded, the ACS/TDK Control toolbar displays Connected.

5. In Modeler, select the root item for the generation.

6. Create a Generation Settings Scheme for the root item:

a. On the ACS/TDK Control toolbar, in the drop-down list ensure that New Scheme is selected.

b. On the ACS/TDK Control toolbar, click the

Edit ACS Scheme button.

Modeler opens the Launch ACS/TDK dialog.

c. Click the

button associated with the Generator Dll box, and select the vb generator Code Generator DLL.

If you have installed Modeler to the default location, the supplied Code Generator DLL resides in the following folder.

For Windows 7 and later operating systems:

▪ C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ItsShadow\ScriptDir\vb_gen\vb generator

For 64-bit versions of pre Windows 7 operating systems:

▪ C:\Program Files (x86)\PTC Integrity Modeler\Modeler\System\VB_Gen\vb generator

For 32-bit versions of pre Windows 7 operating systems:

▪ C:\Program Files\PTC Integrity Modeler\Modeler\System\VB_Gen\vb generator

d. Click the

button associated with the Target Directory box, and select the folder to which you want to generate Visual Basic code.

e. Click the

button associated with the Settings File box, specify a name and location in which to save the Generation Settings Scheme, and then click Open.

f. Click Save Only, and then click Cancel.

7. On the ACS/TDK Control toolbar, click the

Start toolbar button.

The ACS/TDK Control toolbar displays Loading Model, followed by either First Generation or Updating Code, followed by Ready.

8. If this is the first time you have used the Generation Settings Scheme to generate code, no code is generated at this point. To generate code the first time, you must force a generation:

a. Ensure that the ACS/TDK Control toolbar is displaying Ready.

b. On the ACS/TDK Control toolbar, click the

Force Generate button.

c. From the confirmation dialog, click Yes.

ACS generates the Visual Basic code to the target folder you specified in the Generation Settings Scheme.