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Get Parent Features Example (C++ COM)

This example shows how to get the parent features of the selected feature.

 

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STDMETHODIMP CAPITestATL::API_Test(void)

{

    AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());

    HRESULT                             hr = S_OK;

    CComPtr <ISldWorks>                 pSldWorks;

    CComPtr <IModelDoc2>                pModel;

    CComPtr <ISelectionMgr>             pSelMgr;

    CComPtr <IUnknown>                  pUnk;

    CComQIPtr <IFeature>                pSelFeat;

    long                                NumParents = 0;

    long                                i = 0;

    IFeature**                          pParentsOfFeature = NULL;

    try

        {

        // Connect to SOLIDWORKS application

        ASSERT(m_iSldWorks);

        hr = m_iSldWorks->get_IActiveDoc2(&pModel);

        ASSERT(pModel);

        hr = pModel->get_ISelectionManager(&pSelMgr);

        ASSERT(pSelMgr);

        hr = pSelMgr->IGetSelectedObject5(1, &pUnk);

        ASSERT(pUnk);

        pSelFeat = pUnk;

        ASSERT(pSelFeat);

        hr = pSelFeat->IGetParentCount(&NumParents);

        ASSERT(NumParents > 0);

        pParentsOfFeature = new IFeature * [NumParents];

        ZeroMemory(pParentsOfFeature, NumParents * sizeof(IFeature *));

        hr = pSelFeat->IGetParents(pParentsOfFeature);

        // For debugging purposes only

        for (i = 0; i < NumParents; i++)

            {

            CComBSTR            sFeatName;

            CComBSTR            sTypeName;

            hr = pParentsOfFeature[i]->get_Name(&sFeatName);

            hr = pParentsOfFeature[i]->GetTypeName(&sTypeName);

            }

        try

            {

            // Clean up each object in the list

            for (i = 0; i < NumParents; i++)

                {

                if (pParentsOfFeature[i] != NULL)

                    {

                    pParentsOfFeature[i]->Release();

                    pParentsOfFeature[i] = NULL;

                    }

                }

            }

        catch (...)

            {

            DebugBreak();

            }

        }

    catch (...)

        {

        DebugBreak();

        }

    delete [] pParentsOfFeature;

    return S_OK;

}

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