Renaming Logical Names

scaleflyer said:

...can't find any command that allows this without going through a dialog box

It's not clear what you mean by 'dialog box': that could be a MicroStation dialog or a VBA UserForm.  How do you want to invoke your macro? 

Do you want to execute the renaming with just a key-in and no user interface?  Investigate the KeyinArguments Property: Gets or sets a value representing the list of arguments given in the most recent "vba run" keyin command.

Hi,

Are you talking about reference files?

ActiveModelReference.Attachments(MyAttachmentNo).LogicalName = "New Name"

ActiveModelReference.Attachments(MyAttachmentNo).Rewrite

where "MyAttachmentNo" is the attachment number.

Often I use

For Each MyAttachment in ActiveModelReference.Attachments

...

Next

--Robert

Robert, if I already have 'sheet' files that don't always have the same attachment number for a specific reference file that I want to modify the name, is there a way to first identify the reference by its current logical name, then edit/update the logical name?
I have logical name MAIN attached, but need to edit the logical name to 'topMAIN' for the clients plotting requirement to screen back this file. This will also apply to several other references in each sheet file. (LIMT, ECON, REQD, PROP, etc all need to have the 'top' prefix added to the logical name.)
Thanks,
Michael

Robert, if I already have 'sheet' files that don't always have the same attachment number for a specific reference file that I want to modify the name, is there a way to first identify the reference by its current logical name, then edit/update the logical name?
I have logical name MAIN attached, but need to edit the logical name to 'topMAIN' for the clients plotting requirement to screen back this file. This will also apply to several other references in each sheet file. (LIMT, ECON, REQD, PROP, etc all need to have the 'top' prefix added to the logical name.)
Thanks,
Michael