The heart of this tutorial is running the script file, Macro_Example.pvb. This script demonstrates the building blocks to combine VB scripting with the power of PRODASV35. This script illustrates the following:

• The use of parameters that are substituted automatically with values from the parameter file before running. This feature of PRODASV35 scripting is only available when a script is run from a command file.
• Setting complete filenames (file path concatenated to filename)
• Opening a Projectile
• Unlocking a Projectile
• Using the Visual Basic date and time functions to include data and time information in the output file name
• Creating an output file
• Writing the following output file
• Generic Header
• Text String
• PRODASV35 scalar PRODAS data embedded in a text string
• PRODASV35 model data
• PRODASV35 table
• Accessing the length of PRODASV35 elements
• Modifying the lengths of PRODSAV35 elements
• Access PRODAS tabular and scalar data
• Refreshing the PRODAS model with the changes
• Running PRODASV35 analyses
• Basic VB looping
• Closing the model without saving
• Exiting PRODAS

The example PRODASV35 script also uses standard Visual Basic constructs like looping, defining values, dimensioning variables, messager box, comments and much more.