Function CloseAndReopen( _
   ByVal Doc As ModelDoc2, _
   ByVal Option As Integer, _
   ByRef NewDoc As ModelDoc2 _
) As Integer

Dim instance As ISldWorks
Dim Doc As ModelDoc2
Dim Option As Integer
Dim NewDoc As ModelDoc2
Dim value As Integer
 
value = instance.CloseAndReopen(Doc, Option, NewDoc)

int CloseAndReopen( 
   ModelDoc2 Doc,
   int Option,
   out ModelDoc2 NewDoc
)

int CloseAndReopen( 
&   ModelDoc2^ Doc,
&   int Option,
&   [Out] ModelDoc2^ NewDoc
) 

Parameters

Doc

IModelDoc2; drawing document to close and reopen

Option

Reopen options as defined in swCloseReopenOption_e

NewDoc

IModelDoc2; reopened drawing document

Return Value

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5. Locate and download Close and Reopen a Drawing Document (VBA, VB.NET, C#).

Before a third-party application can process a drawing document that is open in SolidWorks, it must close the document. Usually when a drawing document is closed, its references are unloaded from memory, and reopening the drawing document takes a lot of time. This method closes a drawing document, keeps its references in memory, and quickly reopens it.

After the drawing document is closed and before it is reopened, SolidWorks fires a FileCloseNotify event with reason swFileCloseNotifyReason_e.swFileCloseNotifyReason_CloseForReload. In the handler of this event, a third-party application can call ISldWorks::SetPromptFileName2 to open a different file, or it can process the specified document before it is reopened in SolidWorks.

See IModelDoc2::ReloadOrReplace to perform a similar function with part and assembly documents.