'MACRO TITLE: ADD DEFINITION TO TYPE ENTITIES 'This macro will add a definition to selected entities. The definition 'applied to the selected entity will also include the object's name automatically, 'as in "My definition text + entity name +(s)" '---------------------------------------------------------------- Sub Main() Dim MyDiagram As Diagram Dim MyModel As Model Dim MySubModel As SubModel Dim MyEntity As Entity Dim Logical As Boolean Dim MySelObject As SelectedObject Dim ID As Integer Dim ObjType As Integer Dim EntityName As String Dim BaseEntityName As String Dim StartPosition As Integer ' Set the context: active Diagram, Model, Submodel Set MyDiagram = DiagramManager.ActiveDiagram Set MyModel = MyDiagram.ActiveModel Set MySubModel = MyModel.ActiveSubModel ' Determine if the current model is logical or physical. Logical = MyModel.Logical ' Iterate through all the selected objects in the current ' model. For Each MySelObject In MySubModel.SelectedObjects 'Get the object type - we are only concerned 'with entities. ObjType = MySelObject.Type If ObjType = 1 Then ' Get the ID for the selected object. ID = MySelObject.ID ' Get the actual entity object with this ID. ' The model contains the collection of all the ' entities. Set MyEntity = MyModel.Entities.Item(ID) If Logical = True Then ' If the model is logical: ' Get the entity name. EntityName = MyEntity.EntityName ' Strip out Type. StartPosition = InStr(EntityName, "Type") If StartPosition = 0 Then StartPosition = Len(EntityName) + 1 End If BaseEntityName = Trim(Left(EntityName, StartPosition - 1)) ' Apply the definition. MyEntity.Definition = "Control table that classifies " + BaseEntityName + "(s)" End If End If Next MySelObject End Sub