Poke data into an ArcView script from Visual Basic

Summary

Poking data into ArcView from Visual Basic (ArcView as a source) is an easy way to execute a script and pass the value of the Visual Basic control as the SELF object to the script.

Procedure

1. Create a form in Visual Basic with a CommandButton and a TextBox.
2. Change the name of the TextBox to txtData.
3. Add the following code to the click event of the CommandButton:
   
   

   Code:
   txtData.LinkMode = 0
   txtData.LinkTopic = "ArcView|System"
   txtData.LinkMode = 2
   txtData.LinkTimeout = 600
   txtData.Text = "item1,item2,item3"
   txtData.LinkItem = "String Script1"
   txtData.LinkPoke
   txtData.LinkMode = 0

   
   The components of txtData.LinkItem are a keyword "string" that indicates the data type followed by the name of the script to run, in this case, Script1.
4. Open ArcView and a new Script window.
5. Copy and paste the following code into the Script window:
   
   

   Code:
   theItems = Self.AsTokens(",")
   MsgBox.ListAsString(theItems, "Poke Test", "Test")

   
   
6. Click the Compile button.
   
   
   
7. Run the Visual Basic form.