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Add ActiveX Tabs to Model View (C#)

This example shows how to add two ActiveX tabs to a model view.

//----------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. In the IDE:
//    a. Reference Microsoft Calendar Control's ActiveX
//       control file (click Project > Add Reference >
//       Browse
tab).
//    b. Browse to:
//       c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\MSCAL.OCX
//       and click OK.
//    c. Reference Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace (click Project >
//       Add Reference > Microsoft.VisualBasic
).
// 2. Specified part document exists.
//
// Postconditions:
// 1. Two new tabs are added to the model view.
// 2. New tabs have Microsoft Calendar Controls,
//    Calendar 1 and Calendar 2.
// 3. Model view is active.
// 4. To verify the ActiveX controls on the new tabs,
//    interactively click each Calendar tab.
//
// NOTE: Because the part document is used elsewhere,
// do not save any changes when closing it.
//------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;
using MSACAL;
using Microsoft.VisualBasic;

namespace AddControlModelViewManagerCSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {
        
public void Main()
        {
            
const string calTabName1 = "Calendar 1";
            
const string calTabName2 = "Calendar 2";

            ModelDoc2 swModel =
default(ModelDoc2);
            ModelViewManager swModViewMgr =
default(ModelViewManager);
            MSACAL.Calendar calCtrl1 =
default(MSACAL.Calendar);
            MSACAL.Calendar calCtrl2 =
default(MSACAL.Calendar);
            
string fileName = null;
            
int errors = 0;
            
int warnings = 0;
            
bool status = false;

            fileName =
"c:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks (3)\\samples\\tutorial\\fillets\\knob.sldprt";
            swModel = swApp.OpenDoc6(fileName, (
int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent, "", ref errors, ref warnings);
            swModViewMgr = swModel.ModelViewManager;

            
// Add the tabs
            calCtrl1 = (MSACAL.Calendar)swModViewMgr.AddControl(calTabName1, "MSCAL.Calendar", "");
            calCtrl2 = (MSACAL.Calendar)swModViewMgr.AddControl(calTabName2,
"MSCAL.Calendar", "");

            
// Make each Calendar's tab as different color
            calCtrl1.BackColor = (uint)Information.RGB(255, 0, 0); //red
            calCtrl2.BackColor = (uint)Information.RGB(0, 0, 0); //black

            status = swModViewMgr.ActivateControlTab(calTabName1);
            status = swModViewMgr.IsControlTabActive(calTabName1);
            status = swModViewMgr.IsModelTabActive();

            
// Switch back to model view
            status = swModViewMgr.ActivateModelTab();

        }


        
/// <summary>
        /// The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
        /// </summary>

        public
SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



 



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