You can access nearly any function of ABE Project by using the automation object with ProgID "ABP.Project". To view complete list of methods and properties of Project object see ActiveX Automation support topic.
There are samples of using "ABP.Project" object from within MS Visual Basic below. If you wish to control this object from within another ActiveX container, these samples will show you general methods of interaction with ABE only. To learn more about using ActiveX Automation objects please consult your Programming Tool guide.
Creating and Loading an ABE Project
'Create an ABP.Project object
Set abp_project = CreateObject("ABP.Project")
'Set FileName property to needed file name
abp_project.FileName = "c:\work\example.svg"
'Load existing project; use Init() method to create an empty project
res = abp_project.Load()
If (res = False) Then HandleError ("ABE Project load error")
Adding/ replacing/ removing masks
'Include txt-files in c:\work folder with subfolders to the project
res = abp_project.AddMask("*.txt", "c:\work", True)
'get project's mask count
cnt = abp_project.MaskCount
'remove the last mask (the first mask index is 0)
no = cnt - 1
res = abp_project.RemoveMask(no)
'let user to configure the first mask
res = abp_project.ConfigureMask(0)
Saving an ABP Project
res = abp_project.Save()
If (res = False) Then HandleError ("ABE Project save error")
Creating a new backup
res = abp_project.CreateBackup()
If (res = False) Then HandleError ("ABE Project create backup error")
Restoring an existing backup
'set c:\temp folder as restore destination
abp_project.TargetFolder= "c:\temp"
'get the last backup name
cnt= abp_project.BackupVersionCount
zip_name= abp_project.GetBackupVersion(cnt-1)
'restore the last backup
res= abp_project.RestoreBackup(zip_name);
'if not all backed up files should be restored:
res= abp_project.RestoreBackupEx(zip_name, "file_to_restore.txt|and_this_one.*",
"do_not_resotre_this_folder\*.*");
Note: The error handling in the samples above was simplified.