HD93099: THE METHOD OF REFRESHDISPLAY IN A CATVBA DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SCENARIO:-
  1.Create the folder with name called TEST under the F
  drive.And put the given data in TEST folder, before starting
  this
      scenario.
  2. The method of CATIA.RefreshDisplay = False
  3. Start CATIA R19SP6.
  4. Open "F:\TEST\MacroTEST.CATPart".
  5. Select "Tools/Macro/Macros" in menu bar.
         "Macros" window is displayed.
  6.  Select "MacroTEST.catvba" from "F:\TEST" folder.
  7.  Select "NoRefreshModeless" and click "Run" button.
          "Modeless" window is displayed.
  8.  Click "CommandButton1" in the "Modeless" window.
          Display is refreshed after each method call. This is
  problem
  .
  PROBLEM:- If the method of "CATIA.RefreshDisplay" sets to
  "False" in a catvba,
  Display should not be refreshed after each method call.
  The method of RefreshDisplay in a catvba should work
  correctly in 32bit and 64bit CATIA
  .
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

• SCENARIO:-
  1.Create the folder with name called TEST under the F
  drive.And put the given data in TEST folder, before starting
  this
      scenario.
  2. The method of CATIA.RefreshDisplay = False
  3. Start CATIA R19SP6.
  4. Open "F:\TEST\MacroTEST.CATPart".
  5. Select "Tools/Macro/Macros" in menu bar.
         "Macros" window is displayed.
  6.  Select "MacroTEST.catvba" from "F:\TEST" folder.
  7.  Select "NoRefreshModeless" and click "Run" button.
          "Modeless" window is displayed.
  8.  Click "CommandButton1" in the "Modeless" window.
          Display is refreshed after each method call. This is
  problem
  .
  PROBLEM:- If the method of "CATIA.RefreshDisplay" sets to
  "False" in a catvba,
  Display should not be refreshed after each method call.
  The method of RefreshDisplay in a catvba should work
  correctly in 32bit and 64bit CATIA
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R19 SP8.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R20 SP2.
  Additional Closure Information:
  Technical explanation of the defect:
  modified VBA integration in 64 bits to be coherent with 32
  bits.
  Technical explanation of the correction:
  Refresh of the display is now under control of property
  RefreshDisplay.
  Possible by-pass and/or correction limitation:
  none
  The below description is applicable for running the 32 bit
  CATIA on 64 bit OS.
  Now the behavior of Refresh Display on 64 bit  is same as on
  32 bit machine.
  A refresh of the display is done for all "late binding" calls
  whatever if the form is modal or modeless
  (but of course depending on the RefreshDisplay property
  value).
  The property RefreshDisplay allows to enable/disable the
  refresh of the display while a macro is executed but only for
  automation methods that are called using the late binding
  protocol and if this method is not a get method.
  VBScript and CATScript macros use always the late binding
  protocol but VBA uses it only for non typed variables.
  Hence to get the correct behavior of RefreshDisplay customer
  has to modified the code in VBA file.
  The modification will be the use non typed variable in VBA.
  .
  For 64 bit CATIA, the RefreshDisplay property will not work
  for Modeless window. This is PRS  refer the following
  description:-
  Modeless form in VBA.
  let's see a macro example to well understand
  Sub CATMain()
  UserForm.Show vbModeless
  End Sub
  When this VBA macro is executed in CNEXT, it returns
  immediately because the form is modeless then in CNEXT the
  macro execution is seen has ended. But the form still exists
  until the user closes it and can communicate with CNEXT. This
  can lead to some difficulties for example if the form tries
  to modify the currently opened document while the user
  modifies it interactively. This is particularly true with a
  64 bit version where VBA is an outprocess application (VBA
  only exists in a 32 bit version) that communicates with CNEXT
  using COM ; in this case some user interactions can be
  executed while the macro is also executed. In 32 bit this is
  less true because the user interactions are not taken into
  account while a VBA form is in action.
  -> This kind of form (modeless) must be used with care,
  specially in 64 bits, and modal forms must be preferred.
  So the correction will not work for the modeless window on 64
  bit CATIA.RefreshDisplay property will work as per it's value
  for Model window on 64 bit CATIA.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5 NT>XP

• Fixed component ID

  569151000

Applicable component levels

• R519 PSN SP51908

     UP10/06/10 I 1000