OpenFile

Description

Opens a file. Returns 1 if the call has succeeded, 0 otherwise.

Syntax

object.OpenFile(BSTR bstrFileName) As Short

• object: Eulumdat Viewer, IES Viewer, User Material Editor, Virtual Photometric Lab, Virtual Human Vision Lab or 3D Energy Density Lab object

• bstrFileName: filename string including path (input)

VB Script Example

Sub TestLab()
   ' Starts the application
   Dim Viewer
   Set Viewer = CreateObject("VMPViewer.Application")
   ' Opens a file
   Dim MyVar
   MyVar = Viewer.OpenFile("C:\my_exemple.vmp")

End Sub

IronPython Example

from System import Type, Activator

type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("XMPViewer.Application")
Viewer = Activator.CreateInstance(type)

# Opens a file
MyFile = ("C:\\my_exemple.vmp")
Viewer.OpenFile(MyFile)