# SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API Help

# Create New Vault Example (VB.NET)

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 Basic > Windows Forms Application.
' b. Type CreateNewVault 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.vb in the Solution Explorer.
' f. Replace the code in Form1.vb with this code.
' g. To create the form, replace the code in Form1.Designer.vb 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, click Add, and click Close).
' 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.vb

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports EPDM.Interop.epdm
Public Class Form1
Dim vault1 As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5()
Dim vault2 As IEdmVault13 = DirectCast(vault1, IEdmVault13)
Dim vaults As String = ""
Public Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
End Sub
Public Sub GetLoggedIn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles GetLoggedIn.Click
'Get all of the users currently logged into vault views on this machine
Try
If vault1 Is Nothing Then
MessageBox.Show("Click Log in")
Exit Sub
End If
Dim userMgr As IEdmUserMgr5
userMgr = vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_UserMgr)
Dim pos As IEdmPos5
pos = userMgr.GetFirstLoggedInUserPosition(vaults)
Dim userName As String = ""
Dim computerName As String = ""
Dim vaultName As String = ""
Dim loginTime As Object = Nothing
Dim message As String
message = "The following users are logged into vault views:" & vbLf & vbLf
While Not pos.IsNull
userMgr.GetNextLoggedInUser(pos, userName, computerName, vaultName, loginTime)
message = message & userName & " (" & computerName & ")" & " logged in to " & vaultName & " at " & loginTime.ToString & vbLf
End While
MsgBox(message)
Catch ex As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
' Create a new vault and vault view
Try
vault1 = New EdmVault5()
vault2 = DirectCast(vault1, IEdmVault13)
vault2.CreateNewVault("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "This is my new vault", "", "database_server", "sa", "sql_sa_password", "MyNewVault", 110, "", EdmCreateVaultFlag.EdmCreateVault_UseDefaultAdminPassword, Nothing, "Default")
vault2.CreateNewVaultView("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "c:\temp", EdmCreateVaultViewFlag.EdmCreateVaultView_SharedView)
Dim Views As EdmViewInfo() = Nothing
vault2.GetVaultViews(Views, False)
For Each View As EdmViewInfo In Views
vaults = vaults & View.mbsVaultName & vbLf
Next
'Log into the new vault view
vault2.LoginAuto("MyNewVault", Me.Handle.ToInt32())
Catch ex As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
End Class

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'Form1.Designer.vb

<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer = Nothing
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing AndAlso (components IsNot Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
#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 Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.GetLoggedIn = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'GetLoggedIn
'
Me.GetLoggedIn.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(31, 71)
Me.GetLoggedIn.Name = "GetLoggedIn"
Me.GetLoggedIn.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(167, 23)
Me.GetLoggedIn.TabIndex = 5
Me.GetLoggedIn.Text = "Get users logged into all vaults"
Me.GetLoggedIn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
'
'Button1
'
Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(31, 26)
Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(178, 23)
Me.Button1.TabIndex = 6
Me.Button1.Text = "Create and log in to MyNewVault"
Me.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(287, 136)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.GetLoggedIn)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Create new vault"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
Me.PerformLayout()
End Sub
#End Region
Friend WithEvents GetLoggedIn As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button

End Class

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