Open and Close Document Example (C++)
This examples shows how to instantiate a SolidWorks Document Manager
session. It also gets the latest supported SolidWorks version number,
and it opens an assembly document, lists the external references, and
closes the assembly document.
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely used stuff
from Windows headers
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#define _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS //Some CString
constructors will be explicit
#include <windows.h>
#include <atlbase.h>
#include <iostream>
#include 'safearray.h' //Use the SafeArray class for VARIANT
arrays as shown on the API Support Website
using namespace std; //Use
the standard C++ libraries for text output
#import 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\swdocumentmgr.dll'
raw_interfaces_only,
raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids //Change as necessary
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
//Initialize COM
CoInitialize(NULL);
CComPtr<ISwDMClassFactory> swClassFact;
CComPtr<ISwDMApplication> swDocMgr;
HRESULT hres = swClassFact.CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(SwDMClassFactory),
NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER );
CComBSTR Key = _T('your_license_key');
//Specify
your license key
CComBSTR AsmDoc = _T('E:\\Assemblies\\Asm\\Assem1.sldasm');
//Replace
with the name of your assembly (assuming it has one or more external references)
swClassFact->GetApplication(Key,
&swDocMgr);
long ver = -1;
swDocMgr->GetLatestSupportedFileVersion(&ver);
cout <<'The latest supported file version is: '
<< ver << endl;
CComPtr<ISwDMDocument> swDoc;
SwDmDocumentOpenError res;
swDocMgr->GetDocument(AsmDoc,
swDmDocumentAssembly,VARIANT_TRUE, &res,
&swDoc);
CComPtr<ISwDMSearchOption> pSrcOpt;
VARIANT Files;
swDocMgr->GetSearchOptionObject(&pSrcOpt);
swDoc->GetAllExternalReferences(pSrcOpt,
&Files);
SafeBSTRArray FilesArray(&Files);
CComBSTR Ref1 = FilesArray[0]; //First
file reference (no particular order)
swDoc->CloseDoc();
//Release references
pSrcOpt = NULL;
swDoc = NULL;
swDocMgr = NULL;
swClassFact = NULL;
//Uninitialize COM
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}