This example shows how to traverse the users and groups in a vault and send a message, also called a notification, to all logged-in users of the vault.
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 UsersAndGroups 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. 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 the vault contains one or more users and one or more ' workflows. ' 5. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Displays a dialog. ' 2. Select a vault. ' 3. Click Traverse users. ' Three message boxes report: ' * users in the vault, ' * state permissions for a user in the vault, ' - and - ' * transition permissions for a user in the vault. ' 4. Click OK to close each message box. ' 5. Click Traverse groups. ' A message box reports the groups in the vault. ' 6. Click OK to close the message box. ' 7. Click Traverse group members. ' A message box reports the users of each group in the vault. ' 8. Click OK to close the message box. ' 9. Click Send consultation request. ' After several minutes, a SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional notification ' appears only to logged-in users. ' 10. To open the message, click: ' * the notification while it is displayed, ' * the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional tray icon, ' - or - ' * Tools > Inbox in the vault view. ' 11. Close the dialog. '---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Form1.vb Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml.Serialization Imports EPDM.Interop.epdm Public Class UsersAndGroups Private Sub UsersAndGroups_Load(ByVal sender As _ System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles MyBase.Load Dim vault As IEdmVault8 = New EdmVault5 Dim Views() As EdmViewInfo = {} 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 End Sub
Private Sub TraverseUsersButton_Click(ByVal sender As _
System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles TraverseUsersButton.Click
Dim vault As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5()
Dim vault1 As IEdmVault7 = Nothing
If vault Is Nothing Then
vault = New EdmVault5()
End If
vault1 = DirectCast(vault, IEdmVault7)
'Log into selected vault as the current user
vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text,
Me.Handle.ToInt32())
'Declare an IEdmUserMgr9 object
Dim UserMgr As IEdmUserMgr9
UserMgr = vault1.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_UserMgr)
Dim ppoPermissions() As EdmStatePermission = {}
Dim ppoTransitionPermissions() As EdmTransitionPermission = {}
Dim Users As String = vbNullString
Dim UserPos As IEdmPos5
Dim User As IEdmUser5
UserPos = UserMgr.GetFirstUserPosition()
While Not UserPos.IsNull
User = UserMgr.GetNextUser(UserPos)
Users = Users & User.Name & " ID: " & User.ID & vbCrLf
End While
MessageBox.Show(Users, vault1.Name +
" Vault Users", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Information)
'Get permissions for all states for a user
UserMgr.GetStatePermissions(User.ID, EdmObjectType.EdmObject_User, 0, ppoPermissions)
Dim str As String
str = "EdmStatePermissions for a user in the vault" & vbLf
str = str & vbLf
For Each item As EdmStatePermission In ppoPermissions
str = str & "mlOwnerID: " & item.mlOwnerID & vbLf
str = str & "meOwnerType (EdmObjectType.EdmObject_User (7) or EdmObjectType.EdmObject_UserGroup (8)): " & item.meOwnerType & vbLf
str = str & "mlStateID: " & item.mlStateID & vbLf
str = str & "mlEdmRightFlag as defined in EdmRightFlags: " & item.mlEdmRightFlag & vbLf
str = str & vbLf
Next
MessageBox.Show(str)
'Get permissions for all transitions for a user
UserMgr.GetTransitionPermissions(User.ID, EdmObjectType.EdmObject_User, 0, ppoTransitionPermissions)
str = "EdmTransitionPermissions for a user in the vault" & vbLf
str = str & vbLf
For Each item As EdmTransitionPermission In ppoTransitionPermissions
str = str & "mlOwnerID: " & item.mlOwnerID & vbLf
str = str & "meOwnerType (EdmObjectType.EdmObject_User (7) or EdmObjectType.EdmObject_UserGroup (8)): " & item.meOwnerType & vbLf
str = str & "mlTransitionID: " & item.mlTransitionID & vbLf
str = str & "mlEdmRightFlag as defined in EdmTransitionRightFlags: " & item.mlEdmRightFlag & vbLf
str = str & vbLf
Next
MessageBox.Show(str)
End Sub
Private Sub TraverseGroupsButton_Click(ByVal sender _ As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles TraverseGroupsButton.Click 'Declare and create an instance of IEdmVault5 object Dim vault As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5() 'Log into selected vault as the current user vault.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, _ Me.Handle.ToInt32()) 'Declare an IEdmUserMgr5 object Dim UserMgr As IEdmUserMgr5 'The IEdmUserMgr5 interface is implemented by the 'same class as the IEdmVault5 interface, 'so assign the value of the IEdmVault5 object UserMgr = vault Dim Groups As String = vbNullString Dim UserGroupPos As IEdmPos5 UserGroupPos = UserMgr.GetFirstUserGroupPosition() While Not UserGroupPos.IsNull Dim UserGroup As IEdmUserGroup5 UserGroup = UserMgr.GetNextUserGroup _ (UserGroupPos) Groups = Groups + UserGroup.Name + vbCrLf End While MessageBox.Show(Groups, vault.Name + _ " Vault Groups", MessageBoxButtons.OK, _ MessageBoxIcon.Information) End Sub Private Sub TraverseGroupMembersButton_Click( _ ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles TraverseGroupMembersButton.Click 'Declare and create an instance of IEdmVault5 object Dim vault As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5() 'Log into selected vault as the current user vault.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, _ Me.Handle.ToInt32()) 'Declare an IEdmUserMgr5 object Dim UserMgr As IEdmUserMgr5 'The IEdmUserMgr5 interface is implemented by the 'same class as the IEdmVault5 interface, 'so assign the value of the IEdmVault5 object UserMgr = vault Dim Groups As String = vbNullString Dim UserGroupPos As IEdmPos5 UserGroupPos = UserMgr.GetFirstUserGroupPosition() While Not UserGroupPos.IsNull Dim UserGroup As IEdmUserGroup5 UserGroup = UserMgr.GetNextUserGroup _ (UserGroupPos) Groups = Groups + UserGroup.Name + " Members:" _ + vbCrLf Groups = Groups + GetMembers(UserGroup) End While MessageBox.Show(Groups, vault.Name + _ " Vault Group Users", _ MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) End Sub Private Function GetMembers(ByVal UserGroup _ As IEdmUserGroup5) As String GetMembers = vbNullString Dim Users As String = vbNullString Dim UserPos As IEdmPos5 UserPos = UserGroup.GetFirstUserPosition() While Not UserPos.IsNull Dim User As IEdmUser5 User = UserGroup.GetNextUser(UserPos) Users = Users + " " + User.Name + vbCrLf End While GetMembers = Users End Function Private Sub SendConsultationRequestButton_Click( _ ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles SendConsultationRequestButton.Click 'Declare and create an instance of IEdmVault5 object Dim vault As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5() 'Log into selected vault as the current user vault.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, _ Me.Handle.ToInt32()) 'Declare an IEdmUserMgr5 object Dim UserMgr As IEdmUserMgr5 'The IEdmUserMgr5 interface is implemented by the 'same class as the IEdmVault5 interface, 'so assign the value of the IEdmVault5 object UserMgr = vault Dim UserGroup As IEdmUserGroup5 UserGroup = UserMgr.GetUserGroup("All Users") If Not UserGroup Is Nothing Then Dim UserPos As IEdmPos5 UserPos = UserGroup.GetFirstUserPosition() While Not UserPos.IsNull Dim User As IEdmUser5 User = UserGroup.GetNextUser(UserPos) If User.IsLoggedIn Then User.SendMsg("Informal review request", _ "Please stop by my office sometime " + _ "this morning for a quick informal " + _ "review of my design changes before " + _ "I submit them for approval.") End If End While End If End Sub End Class
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ Partial Class UsersAndGroups 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.VaultsComboBox = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox() Me.VaultsLabel = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.TraverseUsersButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.TraverseGroupsButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SendConsultationRequestButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'VaultsComboBox ' Me.VaultsComboBox.FormattingEnabled = True Me.VaultsComboBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(49, 34) Me.VaultsComboBox.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox" Me.VaultsComboBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(146, 21) Me.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 10 ' 'VaultsLabel ' Me.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = True Me.VaultsLabel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(46, 9) Me.VaultsLabel.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 0, 2, 0) Me.VaultsLabel.Name = "VaultsLabel" Me.VaultsLabel.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(91, 13) Me.VaultsLabel.TabIndex = 11 Me.VaultsLabel.Text = "Select vault view:" ' 'TraverseUsersButton ' Me.TraverseUsersButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(49, 69) Me.TraverseUsersButton.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.TraverseUsersButton.Name = "TraverseUsersButton" Me.TraverseUsersButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(146, 41) Me.TraverseUsersButton.TabIndex = 15 Me.TraverseUsersButton.Text = "Traverse users" Me.TraverseUsersButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'TraverseGroupsButton ' Me.TraverseGroupsButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(49, 126) Me.TraverseGroupsButton.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.TraverseGroupsButton.Name = "TraverseGroupsButton" Me.TraverseGroupsButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(146, 41) Me.TraverseGroupsButton.TabIndex = 16 Me.TraverseGroupsButton.Text = "Traverse groups" Me.TraverseGroupsButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'TraverseGroupMembersButton ' Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(49, 183) Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.Name = "TraverseGroupMembersButton" Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(146, 41) Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.TabIndex = 17 Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.Text = "Traverse group members" Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'SendConsultationRequestButton ' Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(49, 240) Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.Name = "SendConsultationRequestButton" Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(146, 41) Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.TabIndex = 18 Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.Text = "Send consultation request" Me.SendConsultationRequestButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'UsersAndGroups ' Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!) Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(291, 317) Me.Controls.Add(Me.SendConsultationRequestButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.TraverseGroupMembersButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.TraverseGroupsButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.TraverseUsersButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsComboBox) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsLabel) Me.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.Name = "UsersAndGroups" Me.Text = "Traverse users and groups" Me.ResumeLayout(False) Me.PerformLayout() End Sub Friend WithEvents VaultsComboBox As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox Friend WithEvents VaultsLabel As System.Windows.Forms.Label Friend WithEvents TraverseUsersButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents TraverseGroupsButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents TraverseGroupMembersButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents SendConsultationRequestButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button End Class