This example shows how to create an application that displays a form where a user can select a vault to which to log in and display information about that 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 Exercise1 in Name. ' c. Click Browse and browse 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, select Add Reference, select ' Framework in the left-side panel, browse to the top folder of your ' SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installation, locate and select ' EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll, click Open, and click Add). ' 3. Add EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode.dll as a reference (click Browse, locate and select ' EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode.dll, click Open, click Add, and click Close). ' 4. Right-click EPDM.Interop.epdm in References, select Properties, and set ' Embed Interop Types to False to handle methods that pass arrays of ' structures. ' 5. Repeat step 4 for EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode. ' 6. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5. ' ' Postconditions: ' 1. Displays a dialog. ' 2. Select a vault. ' 3. Click Log in and display vault information. ' A message box pops up containing the version of ' SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installed on your computer. ' 4. Click OK to close the message box. ' Another message box pops up containing the path of the selected ' vault view folder. ' 5. Click OK to close the message box. ' 6. Type the name of a nonexistent vault in the drop-down combo box. ' 7. Click Log in and display vault information. ' 8. A message box pops up instructing you to type or select ' a valid database. ' 9. Click OK to close the message box. ' 10. Close the dialog box. '---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Form1 Imports EPDM.Interop.epdm Imports EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode Public Class Exercise1 Private Sub Exercise1_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 Private Sub LoginButton_Click( _ ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles LoginButton.Click Try 'Declare and create an instance of IEdmVault5 object Dim vault As IEdmVault5 = New EdmVault5() 'Log into the selected vault as the current user vault.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, _ Me.Handle.ToInt32()) 'Display the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional version Dim VerMajor As Integer Dim VerMinor As Integer vault.GetVersion(VerMajor, VerMinor) MessageBox.Show("SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional " + _ "version is " + VerMajor.ToString() + "." + _ VerMinor.ToString()) 'Display the path of the vault view folder MessageBox.Show("The path of the vault view " + _ "folder is """ + vault.RootFolderPath + """.") Catch ex As Runtime.InteropServices.COMException Select Case ex.ErrorCode Case EdmResultErrorCodes_e.E_EDM_CANT_OPEN_DATABASE MessageBox.Show("Could not open database. Select or type the name of valid database.") Case Else MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + _ ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + vbCrLf + _ ex.Message) End Select Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End Sub End Class
'Form1.Designer.vb
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ Partial Class Exercise1 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.LoginButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'VaultsLabel ' Me.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = True Me.VaultsLabel.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(42, 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 = 4 Me.VaultsLabel.Text = "Select vault view:" Me.VaultsLabel.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter ' 'VaultsComboBox ' Me.VaultsComboBox.FormattingEnabled = True Me.VaultsComboBox.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(19, 41) Me.VaultsComboBox.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox" Me.VaultsComboBox.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(132, 21) Me.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 3 ' 'LoginButton ' Me.LoginButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(19, 88) Me.LoginButton.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.LoginButton.Name = "LoginButton" Me.LoginButton.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(132, 37) Me.LoginButton.TabIndex = 5 Me.LoginButton.Text = "Log in and display vault information" Me.LoginButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'Exercise1 ' Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!) Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(176, 154) Me.Controls.Add(Me.LoginButton) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsLabel) Me.Controls.Add(Me.VaultsComboBox) Me.Margin = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(2, 2, 2, 2) Me.Name = "Exercise1" 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 LoginButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button End Class