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<H4>SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Application Programming Interface</H4>
<P>SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional’s application programming interface (API)&nbsp;gives you access to most of the functionality in SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional. For example, you can programmatically:</P>
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<LI>Manage:
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<LI><A href="EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.IEdmVault5.html">Vaults</A> and their <A href="EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.IEdmVault11~CreateNewVaultView.html">views</A>
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<P>See the <A href="ReleaseNotes-epdmapi.html">Release Notes</A> for the updates made to recent releases of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API.</P>
<H4>Applications&nbsp;</H4>
<P>You can write two types of applications using this API:</P>
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<LI><A href="StandAloneApp.htm">Stand-alone applications</A> (<STRONG>.exe</STRONG>&nbsp;and <STRONG>.dll</STRONG>) that are called by other programs to use various features&nbsp;of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional.
<LI><A href="AddInApp.htm">Add-in applications</A> that are called by SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional when users perform actions&nbsp;like check&nbsp;in or check out of&nbsp;a file, add a file to the vault, change the state of a file, etc. <A id=interop name=interop></A></LI></OL>
<H4>Primary Assembly <SPAN id=dxMisspelled word="Interops" reason="spell">Interops</SPAN></H4>
<P>SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional includes two&nbsp;primary interop assemblies&nbsp;(also called interops) for use with stand-alone SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional applications:</P>
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<LI><STRONG>EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>EPDM.interop.EPDMResultCode.dll</STRONG></LI></UL>
<P>The interops are stored in the top folder of your SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installation.</P>
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<LI>64-bit interops are shipped with the&nbsp;64-bit version of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional.</LI></UL>
<P>See <A href="Using_NET_Framework_in_Applications.htm">Using .NET Framework 4.0 in Stand-alone Applications</A> for more information.</P>
<H4>See Also</H4>
<P><A href="ReturnCodes.htm">Return Codes</A></P>
<P><A href="Troubleshooting_Guide.htm">TroubleShooting Guide</A></P>
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