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Find Users Example (C#)

This example shows how to find users in the vault.

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

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// Preconditions:
//  1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio.
//     a. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
//     b. Type FindUser_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. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
//
// Postconditions: 
//  1. Displays the Find Users dialog box.
//     a. Select a vault view.
//     b. In Full name contains, type a substring of the full name of a
//        user that exists in the vault.
//     c. Click Find Users.
//        A message box confirms the substring typed in Postconditions
//        step 1b.
//     d. Click OK.
//        Displays a Search for users dialog.
//     e. Click Find.
//        Displays a Search for users dialog with results.
//     f. Click the first row.
//     g. Click Select.
//        * Displays a message box with the updated user information.
//        * The selected user's phone and website information are updated.
//     h. Click OK.
//  2. Updates the Find Users dialog box with the full name and picture,
//     if it exists, of the last user found whose full name contains the substring
//     typed in Postconditions step 1b.
//  3. Close the Find Users dialog box.
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//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 FindUser_CSharp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        IEdmVault5 vault1;
        IEdmVault8 vault;
        EdmViewInfo[] Views = null;
 
        public void Form1_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                vault = (IEdmVault8)vault1;
                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);
            }
 
        }
 
 
        private void FindUsers_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
          try {
               IEdmVault7 vault2 = null;
               if (vault1 == null) {
                  vault1 = new EdmVault5();
               }
               vault2 = (IEdmVault7)vault1;
 
               if (!vault1.IsLoggedIn) {
                  vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, this.Handle.ToInt32());
               }
 
               //Get the user search interface 
               IEdmFindUser poFind = default(IEdmFindUser);
               poFind = (IEdmFindUser)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_FindUser);
 
               //Search for a user with specified text in the full user name 
               poFind.SetPropt(EdmFindUserProp.Edmfup_FullName, this.TextBox1.Text);
               string val = null;
               val = (string)poFind.GetPropt(EdmFindUserProp.Edmfup_FullName);
               MessageBox.Show("Find users whose full names contain " + "\"" + val + "\"");
 
               poFind.ShowFindUI(this.Handle.ToInt32(), true, "Search for users");
 
               IEdmEnum poResult = default(IEdmEnum);
               poResult = poFind.Result;
               string str = "Found " + poResult.Count.ToString() + " users with full names containing, " + 
                                         "\"" + this.TextBox1.Text + "\"" + ":";
 
               System.Drawing.Image oImg = default(System.Drawing.Image);
               IEdmUser10 poUser = default(IEdmUser10);
               EdmUserDataEx UserInfo = new EdmUserDataEx();
 
               //Specify which user data fields are valid
               UserInfo.mlEdmUserDataExFlags = (int)EdmUserDataExFlag.Edmudex_All;
 
               foreach ( object foundUser in poResult) {
                       poUser = (IEdmUser10)foundUser;
 
                       //Get user's information
                       poUser.GetUserDataEx(ref UserInfo);
 
                       //Update user's information
                       UserInfo.mbsPhone = "123456789";
                       UserInfo.mbsWebSite1 = "http://www.solidworks.com";
                       UserInfo.mbsWebSite2 = "https://www.facebook.com/solidworks";
                       poUser.SetUserDataEx(ref UserInfo);
                       str = str + "\n" + "Full name: " + UserInfo.mbsCompleteName + ", Phone: " + UserInfo.mbsPhone + 
                                           ", WebSite1: " + UserInfo.mbsWebSite1 + ", Website2: " + UserInfo.mbsWebSite2;           
               }
 
               MessageBox.Show(str);
 
               //Display the picture, if available, of the last user found 
               if ((UserInfo.mbsPicturePath != null)) {
                 this.TextBox2.Text = UserInfo.mbsCompleteName;
                 oImg = System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromFile(UserInfo.mbsPicturePath);
                 this.CreateGraphics().DrawImage(oImg, 40, 220);
                }
 
       } 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

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