Keep SolidWorks Invisible While Activating Documents Example (C#)
This example shows how to keep SolidWorks invisible while activating SolidWorks
documents, including assembly component files, and saving those documents
as PDF files.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions: Specified file exists.
//
// Postconditions: The specified assembly file and its
// its components files are saved as PDF
// files to the c:\temp folder.
//------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
namespace KeepInvisibleFrameCSharp.csproj
{
public
partial class SolidWorksMacro
{
public
ModelDoc2 swModel;
public
ModelDocExtension swExtension;
public
void Main()
{
Frame
pFrame;
string
Document = null;
string
Output = null;
try
{
//
Allow SolidWorks to run in the background
//
and be invisible
swApp.UserControl = false;
//
If the following property is true, then the
//
SolidWorks frame will be visible on a call to
//
ISldWorks::ActivateDoc2; so, set it to false
swApp.Visible = false;
//
Keep SolidWorks frame invisible when
//
ISldWorks::ActivateDoc2 is called
pFrame
= (Frame)swApp.Frame();
pFrame.KeepInvisible = true;
Document
= "c:\\Program Files\\SolidWorks Corp\\SolidWorks\\samples\\tutorial\\advdrawings\\blade
shaft.sldasm";
Output
= "c:\\temp\\";
Debug.Print("---
Save files as PDF ---");
SaveToPDF(Document,
Output);
swApp.CloseAllDocuments(true);
Debug.Print("---
Done ---");
//
Show SolidWorks frame and SolidWorks
pFrame.KeepInvisible = false;
swApp.Visible = true;
}
catch
{
Debug.Print("Execution
failed.");
}
}
private
void SaveToPDF(string docFileName, string outputpath)
{
AssemblyDoc
swAssembly = default(AssemblyDoc);
int
doctype = 0;
int
errors = 0;
int
warnings = 0;
string
modelpath = "";
string
modelFileName = "";
string
convFileName = "";
bool
Success = false;
object[]
vComponents = null;
long
i = 0;
//
Determine the type of SolidWorks file based on
//
its filename extension
string
extension = "";
extension
= Path.GetExtension(docFileName);
if
(extension == ".sldprt")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART;
}
if
(extension == ".SLDPRT")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART;
}
else
if (extension == ".sldasm")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY;
}
else
if (extension == ".SDLASM")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY;
}
else
if (extension == ".slddrw")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING;
}
else
if (extension == ".SLDDRW")
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocDRAWING;
}
else
{
doctype
= (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocNONE;
}
//Open
document
swModel
= (ModelDoc2)swApp.OpenDoc6(docFileName,
doctype, (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_Silent | (int)swOpenDocOptions_e.swOpenDocOptions_ReadOnly,
"", ref errors, ref warnings);
if
(swModel == null)
{
Debug.Print("Failed
to open document " + modelpath + ". Errors: " + errors);
}
//
Activate the document, which should remain invisible
//
due to earlier call to IFrame::KeepInvisible
swModel
= (ModelDoc2)swApp.ActivateDoc2(docFileName,
true, ref errors);
//
Build destination filename
modelpath
= swModel.GetPathName();
modelFileName
= Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(modelpath);
convFileName
= outputpath + modelFileName + ".pdf";
swExtension
= (ModelDocExtension)swModel.Extension;
//
Save document as PDF
Success
= swExtension.SaveAs(convFileName,
(int)swSaveAsVersion_e.swSaveAsCurrentVersion, (int)swSaveAsOptions_e.swSaveAsOptions_Silent,
null, ref errors, ref warnings);
if
(Success)
{
Debug.Print("Document,
" + modelpath + ", saved as " + convFileName + ".
");
}
else
{
Debug.Print("Document
not saved: ");
Debug.Print("
Errors: " + errors + modelpath + " as " + convFileName
+ ". ");
}
//
Process all components
if
(doctype == (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocASSEMBLY)
{
swAssembly
= (AssemblyDoc)swModel;
vComponents
= (object[])swAssembly.GetComponents(true);
for
(i = 0; i < vComponents.Length; i++)
{
Component2
swComponent = default(Component2);
swComponent
= (Component2)vComponents[i];
SaveToPDF(swComponent.GetPathName(), outputpath);
}
}
}
///
<summary>
///
The SldWorks swApp variable is pre-assigned for you.
///
</summary>
public
SldWorks swApp;
}
}