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 Basic > Windows Forms Application. ' b. Type SerialNumbersVBNET 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. 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 ' file. ' 11. Examine the Part Number on the data card of the checked-out file. ' 12. Close the Serial Numbers dialog box. '---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Form1.vb Imports EPDM.Interop.epdm Public Class Form1 Private vault1 As IEdmVault5 = Nothing Dim aSerialNbrName As String Dim aFileName As String Dim aFile As IEdmFile5 Dim aFolder As String Dim serialNbrs As IEdmSerNoGen7 Private Sub Form1_Load( _ ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles MyBase.Load Try Dim vault As IEdmVault8 = New EdmVault5 Dim Views() As EdmViewInfo = Nothing vault.GetVaultViews(Views, False) VaultsComboBox.Items.Clear() For Each View As EdmViewInfo In Views VaultsComboBox.Items.Add(View.mbsVaultName) Next If VaultsComboBox.Items.Count > 0 Then VaultsComboBox.Text = VaultsComboBox.Items(0) End If Catch ex As Runtime.InteropServices.COMException MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + _ ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + vbCrLf + _ ex.Message) Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub Public Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Try 'Only create a new vault object 'if one hasn't been created yet Dim vault2 As IEdmVault11 = Nothing If vault1 Is Nothing Then vault1 = New EdmVault5() End If vault2 = DirectCast(vault1, IEdmVault7) If Not vault1.IsLoggedIn Then 'Log into selected vault as the current user vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, Me.Handle.ToInt32()) End If serialNbrs = vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_SerNoGen) Dim names() As String = {} serialNbrs.GetSerialNumberNames(names) Dim myMessage As String = "" myMessage = "Serial number names in selected vault: " + vbLf + vbLf Dim idx As Integer idx = LBound(names) While (idx <= UBound(names)) myMessage = myMessage + names(idx) + vbLf idx = idx + 1 End While ' Use this serial number generator aSerialNbrName = names(0) MessageBox.Show(myMessage) 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 Public Sub BrowseButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BrowseButton.Click Try 'Set the initial directory in the Select a file dialog OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = vault1.RootFolderPath 'Show the Select a file dialog Dim DialogResult As System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult = Nothing DialogResult = OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() If Not (DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) Then ' 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 Dim fileName As String = OpenFileDialog1.FileName FileListBox.Items.Add(fileName) aFile = vault1.GetFileFromPath(fileName) End If 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 Public Sub NewButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewButton.Click Try Dim serialNbrValue As IEdmSerNoValue serialNbrValue = serialNbrs.AllocSerNoValue(aSerialNbrName, Me.Handle.ToInt32) Dim serialNbrValueValue = serialNbrValue.Value Dim enumVariable As IEdmEnumeratorVariable5 enumVariable = aFile.GetEnumeratorVariable(aFileName) Dim serialNbrValueObj As Object = Nothing ' Set the Part Number of the selected file enumVariable.SetVar("Part Number", "@", serialNbrValueValue) enumVariable.CloseFile(True) MessageBox.Show("Part Number set to " + serialNbrValueValue.ToString + "." + vbLf) 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
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ Partial Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _ Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) Try If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then components.Dispose() End If Finally MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Try End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _ Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.VaultsLabel = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.VaultsComboBox = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.FileListBox = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox() Me.OpenFileDialog1 = New System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog() Me.BrowseButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.NewButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'VaultsLabel ' Me.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = True Me.VaultsLabel.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Me.VaultsLabel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(25, 28) Me.VaultsLabel.Name = "VaultsLabel" Me.VaultsLabel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(91, 13) Me.VaultsLabel.TabIndex = 0 Me.VaultsLabel.Text = "Select vault view:" ' 'VaultsComboBox ' Me.VaultsComboBox.FormattingEnabled = True Me.VaultsComboBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(28, 44) Me.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox" Me.VaultsComboBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(190, 21) Me.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 1 ' 'Button1 ' Me.Button1.ImageAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(28, 84) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(190, 23) Me.Button1.TabIndex = 2 Me.Button1.Text = "Get Vault Serial Number Names" Me.Button1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Me.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'FileListBox ' Me.FileListBox.FormattingEnabled = True Me.FileListBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(28, 141) Me.FileListBox.Name = "FileListBox" Me.FileListBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(190, 17) Me.FileListBox.TabIndex = 3 ' 'OpenFileDialog1 ' Me.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = "OpenFileDialog1" Me.OpenFileDialog1.Multiselect = True Me.OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Select a file" ' 'BrowseButton ' Me.BrowseButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(239, 135) Me.BrowseButton.Name = "BrowseButton" Me.BrowseButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(56, 23) Me.BrowseButton.TabIndex = 4 Me.BrowseButton.Text = "Browse..." Me.BrowseButton.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Me.BrowseButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'NewButton ' Me.NewButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(28, 182) Me.NewButton.Name = "NewButton" Me.NewButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(190, 23) Me.NewButton.TabIndex = 5 Me.NewButton.Text = "Set New Serial Number" Me.NewButton.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft Me.NewButton.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(326, 262) Me.Controls.Add(Me.NewButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.BrowseButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.FileListBox) Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsComboBox) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsLabel) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "Serial Numbers" Me.ResumeLayout(False) Me.PerformLayout() End Sub Friend WithEvents VaultsLabel As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents VaultsComboBox As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents FileListBox As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox Friend WithEvents BrowseButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents NewButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents OpenFileDialog1 As System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog End Class