SOLIDWORKS API Add-in Templates and Wizards

The SOLIDWORKS API SDK contains:

• SOLIDWORKS C++/CLI COM Add-in Wizard (Visual C++/CLI - Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010)

• SOLIDWORKS C# and VB.NET Add-in Templates
   

NOTE: While SOLIDWORKS recommends using ATL and their ATL-based C++ wizards for creating C++ COM-based add-ins, if you are creating a COM-style add-in and are using an MFC CCmdTarget-derived object to implement ISwAddin, you must fully implement ITypeInfo as follows:

• In the declaration of your CCmdTarget-derived class, add:

1. DECLARE_OLETYPELIB(<your CCmdTarget-derived class name>)

2. __declspec( dllexport ) virtual BOOL GetDispatchIID(IID* pIID);

• In your implementation, add:

1. IMPLEMENT_OLETYPELIB(<your class name>, LIBID_SldWorks_SWPublished, SOLIDWORKS_type_library_version, 0)  //e.g., 14 for 2007

2.  BOOL auAm_c::GetDispatchIID(IID* pIID)

{

            *pIID == IID_ISwAddin;

            return TRUE;

}

• In your class constructor, add:

EnableTypeLib();

  To learn more about add-ins and their menu items and toolbars:

• Add-in Callbacks

• Add-in Icons

• Add-in Shortcut Menus

• Add-in Toolbars