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GetFirstDocument Method (ISldWorks)

Gets the document opened first in this SolidWorks session.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetFirstDocument() As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ISldWorks
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.GetFirstDocument()
C# 
System.object GetFirstDocument()
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ GetFirstDocument();

Return Value

Document first opened

Example

Option Explicit

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2

Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
' Get document opened first in this SolidWorks session
Set swModel = swApp.GetFirstDocument
' Print name of document opened first in this SolidWorks session
Debug.Print swModel.GetPathName

End Sub

Example

Remarks

If the document first opened is an assembly, then this method returns the name of the first component document opened in that assembly.
 

See Also

Availability

SolidWorks 98Plus, datecode 1998319


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