This example shows how to set part numbers using default serial numbers.
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 SerialNumbersCSharp 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, 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. Ensure that you have: // * a vault with at least one serial number generator. // * a checked-out file in that vault with its Part Number variable's // default set to a serial number. // 5. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5. // // Postconditions: // 1. Displays the Serial Numbers dialog box. // 2. Select a vault view. // 3. Click Get Vault Serial Number Names. // 4. Displays a message box containing the names of the serial number // generators for the selected vault. // 5. Click OK to close the message box. // 6. Click Browse. // a. Click a checked-out file in the selected vault whose // data card has a Part Number variable. // b. Click Open. // The selected file's path and file name appear in the Serial // Numbers dialog box. // 7. Click Set New Serial Number. // 8. Displays a message box verifying that the Part Number was // set and shows the value of that Part Number. // NOTES: // * The value set for the Part Number is the next number in the first // serial number generator shown in the message box displayed in // step 3. // * Make note of the Part Number. // 9. Click OK to close the message box. // 10. Check in the file whose Part Number was set in step 7, then check out the // file. // 11. Examine the Part Number on the data card of the checked-out file. // 12. Close the Serial Numbers 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 SerialNumbersCSharp { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private IEdmVault5 vault1 = null; string aSerialNbrName; string aFileName; IEdmFile5 aFile; string aFolder; IEdmSerNoGen7 serialNbrs; private void Form1_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { try { vault1 = new EdmVault5(); IEdmVault8 vault = (IEdmVault8)vault1; EdmViewInfo[] Views = null; vault.GetVaultViews(out Views, false); VaultsComboBox.Items.Clear(); foreach (EdmViewInfo View in Views) { VaultsComboBox.Items.Add(View.mbsVaultName); } if (VaultsComboBox.Items.Count > 0) { VaultsComboBox.Text = (string) VaultsComboBox.Items[0]; } } catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex) { MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } } public void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { try { //Only create a new vault object //if one hasn't been created yet IEdmVault11 vault2 = null; if (vault1 == null) { vault1 = new EdmVault5(); } vault2 = (IEdmVault11)vault1; if (!vault1.IsLoggedIn) { //Log into selected vault as the current user vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, this.Handle.ToInt32()); } serialNbrs = (IEdmSerNoGen7)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_SerNoGen); string[] names = { }; serialNbrs.GetSerialNumberNames(out names); string myMessage = ""; myMessage = "Serial number names in selected vault: " + "\n "; int idx = 0; idx = (names.GetLowerBound(0)); while (idx <= (names.GetUpperBound(0))) { myMessage = myMessage + names[idx] + "\n"; idx = idx + 1; } // Use this serial number generator aSerialNbrName = names[0]; MessageBox.Show(myMessage); } catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex) { MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } } public void BrowseButton_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { try { //Set the initial directory in the Select a file dialog OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = vault1.RootFolderPath; //Show the Select a file dialog System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult DialogResult; DialogResult = OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); if (!(DialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK)) { // Do nothing } else { // Browse for a file whose serial number to set // File's data card must have a Part Number associated // with a serial number generator and must be checked out string fileName = OpenFileDialog1.FileName; FileListBox.Items.Add(fileName); IEdmFolder5 retFolder = default(IEdmFolder5); aFile = vault1.GetFileFromPath(fileName, out retFolder); } } catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex) { MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } } public void NewButton_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) { try { IEdmSerNoValue serialNbrValue = default(IEdmSerNoValue); serialNbrValue = serialNbrs.AllocSerNoValue(aSerialNbrName, this.Handle.ToInt32(), " ", 0, 0, 0, 0); dynamic serialNbrValueValue = serialNbrValue.Value; IEdmEnumeratorVariable5 enumVariable = default(IEdmEnumeratorVariable5); enumVariable = aFile.GetEnumeratorVariable(aFileName); // Set the Part Number of the selected file enumVariable.SetVar("Part Number", "@", serialNbrValueValue); IEdmEnumeratorVariable8 enumVariable8 = (IEdmEnumeratorVariable8)enumVariable; enumVariable8.CloseFile(true); MessageBox.Show("Part Number set to " + serialNbrValueValue.ToString() + "." + " "); } catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex) { MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } } } }
namespace SerialNumbersCSharp { 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.VaultsLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label(); this.VaultsComboBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox(); this.Button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.FileListBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox(); this.OpenFileDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog(); this.BrowseButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.NewButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.SuspendLayout(); // //VaultsLabel // this.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = true; this.VaultsLabel.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; this.VaultsLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(25, 28); this.VaultsLabel.Name = "VaultsLabel"; this.VaultsLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(91, 13); this.VaultsLabel.TabIndex = 0; this.VaultsLabel.Text = "Select vault view:"; // //VaultsComboBox // this.VaultsComboBox.FormattingEnabled = true; this.VaultsComboBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 44); this.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox"; this.VaultsComboBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(190, 21); this.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 1; // //Button1 // this.Button1.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; this.Button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 84); this.Button1.Name = "Button1"; this.Button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(190, 23); this.Button1.TabIndex = 2; this.Button1.Text = "Get Vault Serial Number Names"; this.Button1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; this.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true; this.Button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Button1_Click); // //FileListBox // this.FileListBox.FormattingEnabled = true; this.FileListBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 141); this.FileListBox.Name = "FileListBox"; this.FileListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(190, 17); this.FileListBox.TabIndex = 3; // //OpenFileDialog1 // this.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = "OpenFileDialog1"; this.OpenFileDialog1.Multiselect = true; this.OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Select a file"; // //BrowseButton // this.BrowseButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(239, 135); this.BrowseButton.Name = "BrowseButton"; this.BrowseButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(56, 23); this.BrowseButton.TabIndex = 4; this.BrowseButton.Text = "Browse..."; this.BrowseButton.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; this.BrowseButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true; this.BrowseButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.BrowseButton_Click); // //NewButton // this.NewButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 182); this.NewButton.Name = "NewButton"; this.NewButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(190, 23); this.NewButton.TabIndex = 5; this.NewButton.Text = "Set New Serial Number"; this.NewButton.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft; this.NewButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true; this.NewButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.NewButton_Click); // //Form1 // this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6f, 13f); this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font; this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(326, 262); this.Controls.Add(this.NewButton); this.Controls.Add(this.BrowseButton); this.Controls.Add(this.FileListBox); this.Controls.Add(this.Button1); this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsComboBox); this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsLabel); this.Name = "Form1"; this.Text = "Serial Numbers"; this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load); this.ResumeLayout(false); this.PerformLayout(); } #endregion internal System.Windows.Forms.Label VaultsLabel; internal System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox VaultsComboBox; internal System.Windows.Forms.Button Button1; internal System.Windows.Forms.ListBox FileListBox; internal System.Windows.Forms.Button BrowseButton; internal System.Windows.Forms.Button NewButton; internal System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog OpenFileDialog1; } }