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<h1><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.5pt;">SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional API Help</span></h1>
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<h1>PDM Professional API Troubleshooting Guide</h1>
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<p><a name="top"></a>The examples provided with the PDM APIs are thorough and
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extensive. You should use them carefully when you develop your own PDM
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applications and add-ins. This topic discusses several important steps in the
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PDM API examples that are often overlooked by PDM developers. It also answers
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some questions that have been frequently asked of API Support.</p>
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<p><a href="#Answer1">Why am I getting "The parameter is incorrect. (Exception
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from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)" when my PDM API application <br>
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calls a method that passes an array of structures?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer2">Why does adding my add-in to the Admin tool fail with the
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message "Please select at least one DLL implementing the IEdmAddin5 <br>
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interface."?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer3">When I add an add-in to the Admin tool, why does it throw
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"An older version of the add-in is already loaded in memory..."?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer4">Why aren't I hitting breakpoints when I debug my PDM API
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application?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer5">Why are my add-in's commands not working?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer6">How do you debug a task add-in?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer7">Why doesn't my PDM add-in appear in the Debug Add-ins
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window after I've selected to debug the add-in in the Admin tool?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer8">How do I specify the lParentWnd parameter in methods?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer9">Why am I seeing <b>Failed to extract add-in</b> and <b>
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Error loading add-ins</b> messages while my add-in is running?</a></p>
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<p><a href="#Answer10">My add-in works when compiled for .NET Framework 2.0,
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3.0, and 3.5. But with .NET Framework 4.0, I get a runtime error, <br>
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"Call to method 'OnCmd' in add-in failed. Error code = 0x080131522 (Unknown
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error 0x080131522)."</a></p>
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<p> </p>
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<p>
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======================================================================================<br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer1"></a>Why am I getting "The parameter is incorrect. (Exception
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from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)" when my PDM API application <br>
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calls a method that passes an array of structures?</p>
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<p>If you are using .NET 4.0, you must right-click
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EPDM.Interop.epdm in References, click Properties, and set Embed Interop Types
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<br>
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to False. <br>
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<br>
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The reason is that all of the structures defined in the PDM Pro API (nothing but
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COM API’s) are not embedded by the .Net <br>
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Framework if this property is set to true. This is a Microsoft issue with COM,
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and there is no solution for it at the moment. See <br>
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<a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/1325d24c-db0f-43a1-9780-b68a843d816b/passing-an-array-of-structs-to-a-com-%20%20interface?forum=csharpgeneral">
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http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/1325d24c-db0f-43a1-9780-b68a843d816b/passing-an-array-of-structs-to-a-com-
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<br>
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interface?forum=csharpgeneral</a>.<br>
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<br>
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*KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY SET THIS PROPERTY TO FALSE FOR
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EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll. FOR ALL OTHER EXTERNAL REFERENCES IN <br>
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YOUR PROJECT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE SET TO TRUE.<br>
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</p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a><br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer2"></a>Why does adding my add-in to the Admin tool fail with the
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message "Please select at least one DLL implementing the IEdmAddin5 <br>
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interface."?</p>
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<p>The Admin tool did not find the ISwAddin interface for
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some reason, usually because multiple classes were made COM-visible in <br>
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your add-in, and the Admin tool randomly chose the wrong class with which to start the add-in. To
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correct this problem:<br>
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<br>
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1. In project properties deselect <b>Application > Assembly Information> Make
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Assembly COM-visible</b>.<br>
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2. Make only the class that implements IEdmAddin5 COM-Visible as follows: <br>
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<br>
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'VB.NET<br>
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Imports EPDM.Interop.epdm<br>
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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices<br>
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<br>
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<Guid("07a33492-234f-4e8a-8c4f-6b66d8cf16c2")> _<br>
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<ComVisible(True)> _<br>
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Public Class SWEPDMAddin<br>
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Implements IEdmAddIn5<br>
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Public Sub GetAddInInfo<br>
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Public Sub OnCmd<br>
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…<br>
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<br>
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The Guid above is created in Visual Studio's <b>Tools > Create GUID</b>. Copy
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and paste the GUID to one class that implements the <br>
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IEDMAddin5 interface.<br>
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<br>
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3. If you are on Windows 8 or above, make sure that .Net CLR 2.0 is enabled on
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your machine, because your add-in is using .Net Framework 3.5. Also, ensure that
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the UAC is off on this machine. <br>
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4. In project properties select <b>Build > Register for COM interop</b>.<br>
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5. Re-compile the add-in.<br>
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6. Open the task manager and kill <b>edmserver.exe</b>, <b>viewserver.exe</b>
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and <b>explorer.exe</b>. <br>
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7. Restart the Admin tool as administrator. <br>
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8. Add the add-in dlls in the Admin tool. <br>
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</p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a></p>
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<p><br>
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<a name="Answer3"></a>When I add an add-in to the Admin tool, why does it throw
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"An older version of the add-in is already loaded in memory..."?</p>
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<p>There is already an add-in with the same version in the
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vault. <br>
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To add the add-in you must create your own GUID using Visual Studio’s <b>Tools >
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Create GUID</b>. Copy the new GUID to the class <br>
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implementing the IEdmAddin5 interface, setting the COMVisible attribute to true.
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This uniquely identifies each add-in and <br>
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also prevents the loading of duplicate add-ins in your vault. <br>
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//C#<br>
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using System.Runtime.InteropServices;<br>
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<br>
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namespace test<br>
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{<br>
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[Guid("E9B24B05-A4CA-401B-A644-AB59175D758E"),ComVisible(true)]<br>
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public class Class1 : IEdmAddIn5<br>
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...<br>
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}<br>
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</p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a><br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer4"></a>Why aren't I hitting breakpoints when I debug my PDM API
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application?</p>
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<p>If your project targets a .NET Framework older than 4.0,
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you must add an application configuration file to the debug <br>
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application in order for breakpoints to work. If you are using Notepad for
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debugging, then add the notepad config file to the <br>
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notepad exe’s location i.e. <b>C:\Windows\Notepad.exe</b>. Add
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notepad.exe.config for .Net CLR 2 or CLR 4, depending on your .NET <br>
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framework.<br>
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<br>
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<!-- sample notepad.exe.config --><br>
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<?xml version ="1.0"?><br>
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<configuration><br>
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<startup><br>
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<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.[version on your machine]" /><br>
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</startup><br>
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</configuration><br>
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To determine the correct [version on your machine] look in the “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework”
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directory for the most recent <br>
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“v2.0.xxxxx” folder.<br>
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<br>
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</p>
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<p class="APICODE"> </p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a><br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer5"></a>Why are my add-in's commands not working?</p>
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<p>Are you passing arguments to OnCmd() by value or by reference? PDM Pro add-ins
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require that you implement IEdmAddIn5::OnCmd, passing arguments using ByRef:<br>
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<br>
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C#:</p>
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<p><b>public void OnCmd(ref EdmCmd poCmd, <span style="color:blue;">ref</span> <span class="auto-style2">EdmCmdData</span>[] ppoData) {}</b></p>
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<p>VB.NET:</p>
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<p><b>Public Sub OnCmd(ByRef poCmd As EdmCmd, <font size="1">
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<span style="color:blue;" class="auto-style3">ByRef</span><span class="auto-style3"> ppoData <span style="color:blue;">As</span> <span class="auto-style2">EdmCmdData</span>[]</span></font>)
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Implements IEdmAddIn5.OnCmd</b></p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a><br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer6"></a>How do you debug a task add-in?</p>
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<p>The task add-in needs to be fully installed in the vault
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before you can install it as a task or debug it. Therefore in order to debug a task <br>
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add-in, you must attach the add-in’s running process to the debugger. <br>
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<br>
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Since add-ins are loaded and unloaded at unpredictable times, you can pop up a
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message box to force the add-in to pause <br>
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while you attach the debugger to the add-in's process. </p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a><br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<a name="Answer7"></a>Why doesn't my PDM add-in appear in the Debug Add-ins
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window after I've configured the Admin tool to debug the add-in?</p>
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<p>1. In the project's properties, select <b>Application >
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Register for COM interop</b>. <br>
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2. Compile the add-in. <br>
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3. Kill <b>edmserver.exe</b>, <b>viewserver.exe</b>, and <b>explorer.exe</b> from the task manager.
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<br>
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4. Restart
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the Admin tool as an administrator. <br>
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5. Add the add-in for
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debugging in the Admin tool.<br>
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6. Debug the add-in.</p>
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<p class="APICODE"><a href="#top">Back</a></p>
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<p><a name="Answer8"></a>How do I specify the lParentWnd parameter in method
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calls?</p>
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<p><br>
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The lParentWnd parameter ensures that your application’s dialog remains visible.
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When your application displays a dialog box, you need to make sure that it is
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not possible to switch between the dialog box and the Explorer window behind it
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(or whatever application it is launched from). Failure to ensure this may cause your application's dialog box
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to be hidden behind an inactive Explorer window or application,
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leaving the impression that your program has hung. <br>
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<br>
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For methods called in Windows Forms, you can specify lParentWnd as follows:</p>
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<p>VB.NET:</p>
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<p><b>Me.Handle.ToInt32()</b></p>
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<p>C#:</p>
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<p><b>this.Handle.ToInt32()</b></p>
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<p>For non-windows-forms applications, you can specify lParentWnd with 0 (zero).<br>
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</p>
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<p><a href="#top">Back</a></p>
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<p><a name="Answer9"></a>Why am I seeing <b>Failed to extract add-in</b> and <b>
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Error loading add-ins</b> messages when my add-in is running?</p>
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<p><br>
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1. In Visual Studio, select <b>Compile </b>or<b> Build tab > Register for COM interop</b>.
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<br>
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2. If you are on Windows 10, verify that the UAC is OFF. <br>
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3. The host application needs an elevation (i.e. it must be run with
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administrator privileges). <br>
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4. Start the Admin Tool as Administrator and then add the add-in.<br>
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<br>
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<a href="#top">Back</a></p>
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<p><a name="Answer10"></a>My add-in works when compiled for .NET Framework 2.0,
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3.0, and 3.5. But with .NET Framework 4.0, I get a runtime error, <br>
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"Call to method 'OnCmd' in add-in failed. Error code = 0x080131522 (Unknown
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error 0x080131522)."</p>
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<p>As of PDM Pro 2013 we distribute the primary interop assembly, <b>
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EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll</b>.<br>
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Add this interop assembly to your add-in's references when compiling for .NET
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Framework 4.0 and later.<br>
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