# SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API Help

# Create New Vault Example (C#)

This example shows how to:

- Create a new vault.
- Create a new vault view.
- Log into the new vault.
- Get all of the users currently logged into vault views on this machine.

NOTE: If using the primary interop assembly provided with SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, see Using .NET Framework 4.0 in Stand-alone Applications.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio.
// a. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
// b. Type CreateNewVault_CSharp in Name.
// c. Click Browse and navigate to the folder where to create
// the project.
// d. Click OK.
// e. Click Show All Files in the Solution Explorer toolbar and expand
// Form1.cs in the Solution Explorer.
// f. Replace the code in Form1.cs with this code.
// g. To create the form, replace the code in Form1.Designer.cs with this code.
// 2. Add EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll as a reference (right-click the project
// name in the Solution Explorer, click Add Reference, click
// Assemblies > Framework in the left-side panel, browse to the top folder of
// your SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installation, locate and click
// EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll, click Open, and click Add).
// 3. Right-click EPDM.Interop.epdm in References, click Properties, and set
// Embed Interop Types to False to handle methods that pass arrays of
// structures.
// 4. In the code, substitute the following parameters in IEdmVault11::CreateNewVault
// to create MyNewVault on your machine:
// * database_server
// * sql_sa_password
// 5. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Displays the Create new vault dialog box.
// a. Click Create and log in to MyNewVault.
// b. After a few seconds, displays a login dialog.
// c. Type Admin's password in Password.
// d. Click Log in.
// 1. MyNewVault is created using the Default configuration in the root
// folder of the archive server.
// 2. A view of MyNewVault, accessible to all users, is created in c:\temp.
// 3. Admin is logged into MyNewVault.
// e. Click Get users logged into all vaults.
// f. Displays a dialog with all of the users currently logged into
// vault views on this machine.
// g. Click OK.
// 2. Close the Create new vault dialog box.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using EPDM.Interop.epdm;
namespace CreateNewVault_CSharp
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
IEdmVault5 vault1;
IEdmVault13 vault2;
string vaults = "";
public void Form1_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
vault1 = new EdmVault5();
vault2 = (IEdmVault13)vault1;
}
public void GetLoggedIn_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
//Get all of the users currently logged into vault views on this machine
try
{
if (vault1 == null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Click Log in");
return;
}
IEdmUserMgr5 userMgr = default(IEdmUserMgr5);
userMgr = (IEdmUserMgr5)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_UserMgr);
IEdmPos5 pos = default(IEdmPos5);
pos = userMgr.GetFirstLoggedInUserPosition(vaults);
string userName = "";
string computerName = "";
string vaultName = "";
object loginTime = null;
string message = null;
message = "The following users are logged into vault views:" + "\n" + "\n";
while (!pos.IsNull)
{
userMgr.GetNextLoggedInUser(pos, out userName, out computerName, out vaultName, ref loginTime);
message = message + userName + " (" + computerName + ")" + " logged in to " + vaultName + " at " + loginTime + "\n";
}
MessageBox.Show(message);
}
catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Create a new vault and vault view
try
{
vault1 = new EdmVault5();
vault2 = (IEdmVault13)vault1;
vault2.CreateNewVault("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "This is my new vault", "", "database_server", "sa", "sql_sa_password", "MyNewVault", 110, "", (int)EdmCreateVaultFlag.EdmCreateVault_UseDefaultAdminPassword, null, "Default");
vault2.CreateNewVaultView("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "c:\\temp", (int)EdmCreateVaultViewFlag.EdmCreateVaultView_SharedView);
EdmViewInfo[] Views = null;
vault2.GetVaultViews(out Views, false);
vaults = "";
foreach (EdmViewInfo View in Views)
{
vaults = vaults + View.mbsVaultName + "\n";
}
//Log into the new vault view
vault2.LoginAuto("MyNewVault", this.Handle.ToInt32());
}
catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
}
}

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//Form1.Designer.cs

namespace CreateNewVault_CSharp
{
partial class Form1
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.GetLoggedIn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.Button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
//GetLoggedIn
//
this.GetLoggedIn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 71);
this.GetLoggedIn.Name = "GetLoggedIn";
this.GetLoggedIn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(167, 23);
this.GetLoggedIn.TabIndex = 5;
this.GetLoggedIn.Text = "Get users logged into all vaults";
this.GetLoggedIn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.GetLoggedIn.Click +=new System.EventHandler(GetLoggedIn_Click);
//
//Button1
//
this.Button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 26);
this.Button1.Name = "Button1";
this.Button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(178, 23);
this.Button1.TabIndex = 6;
this.Button1.Text = "Create and log in to MyNewVault";
this.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.Button1.Click +=new System.EventHandler(Button1_Click);
//
//Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6f, 13f);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(287, 136);
this.Controls.Add(this.Button1);
this.Controls.Add(this.GetLoggedIn);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Create new vault";
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
internal System.Windows.Forms.Button GetLoggedIn;
internal System.Windows.Forms.Button Button1;
}
}

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