Create Submenus in the CommandManager Example (VBA)

This example shows how to create submenus in the CommandManager framework by creating individual CommandGroups for each submenu in your tree. The CommandGroup can be used as a path to the submenu.

 

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public bool ConnectToSW(object ThisSW, int Cookie)

{

            iApp = ThisSW as SldWorks.SldWorks;

            iCookie = Cookie;

 

            iApp.SetAddinCallbackInfo(0, this, iCookie);

 

            iCommand = iApp.GetCommandManager(iCookie);

 

            SldWorks.CommandGroup commandGroup = null;

            string title = "CommandGroup1";

            string toolTip = "Command group 1 tip";

            string hint = "Command group 1 hint";

            int position = 6;

            commandGroup = iCommand.CreateCommandGroup(CommandGroupID1, title, toolTip, hint, position);

            if (commandGroup != null)

            {

                   BitmapHandler bitmapHandler = new BitmapHandler();

                   commandGroup.LargeIconList = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.LargeIconList.bmp");

                   commandGroup.LargeMainIcon = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.LargeMainIcon.bmp");

                   commandGroup.SmallIconList = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.SmallIconList.bmp");

                   commandGroup.SmallMainIcon = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.SmallMainIcon.bmp");

                   commandGroup.ShowInDocumentType = (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeNONE;// |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypePART |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeASSEMBLY |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeDRAWING;

 

                   commandGroup.AddCommandItem2("Command1", -1, "Command1 hint", "Command1 tool tip", 0, "OnCommand1", "OnMenuUpdate", 0, 1);

                   commandGroup.AddCommandItem2("Command2", -1, "Command2 hint", "Command2 tool tip", 1, "OnCommand2", "OnMenuUpdate", 0, 1);

 

                   commandGroup.HasMenu = true;

                   commandGroup.HasToolbar = true;

 

                   commandGroup.Activate();

            }

 

            commandGroup = null;

            title = "CommandGroup1\\CommandSubGroup1";

            toolTip = "Command sub group 1 tip";

            hint = "Command sub group 1 hint";

            position = -1;

            commandGroup = iCommand.CreateCommandGroup(CommandGroupID2, title, toolTip, hint, position);

            if (commandGroup != null)

            {

                 BitmapHandler bitmapHandler = new BitmapHandler();

                 commandGroup.LargeIconList = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.LargeIconList.bmp");

                 commandGroup.LargeMainIcon = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.LargeMainIcon.bmp");

                 commandGroup.SmallIconList = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.SmallIconList.bmp");

                 commandGroup.SmallMainIcon = bitmapHandler.CreateFileFromResource("CommandManager.SmallMainIcon.bmp");

                 commandGroup.ShowInDocumentType = (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeNONE;// |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypePART |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeASSEMBLY |

//                            (int)SwConst.swDocTemplateTypes_e.swDocTemplateTypeDRAWING;

 

                 commandGroup.AddCommandItem2("SubCommand1", -1, "Command1 hint", "Command1 tool tip", 0, "OnCommand1", "OnMenuUpdate", 0, 1);

                 commandGroup.AddCommandItem2("SubCommand2", -1, "Command2 hint", "Command2 tool tip", 1, "OnCommand2", "OnMenuUpdate", 0, 1);

 

                 commandGroup.HasMenu = true;

                 commandGroup.HasToolbar = true;

 

                 commandGroup.Activate();

           }

 

           return true;

 

}