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Add Custom File Reference Example (C#)

This example shows how to add a custom file reference to a file in the vault.

NOTE: If using the .NET Framework 4.0 primary interop assembly provided with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, see Using .NET Framework 4.0 in Stand-alone Applications.

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// Preconditions:
// 1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
//    a. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
//    b. Type CustRefCSharp in Name.
//    c. Click Browse and navigate to the folder where to create 
//       the project.
//    d. Click OK
//    e. Click Show All Files in the Solution Explorer toolbar and expand 
//       Form1.cs in the Solution Explorer.
//    f. Create a form similar to the form shown above and change:
//       1. Top label to VaultsLabel.
//       2. Combo box to VaultsComboBox.
//       3. Browse button to BrowseButton.
//       4. List box to CustRefListBox.

//       5. Add custom file reference button to AddCustomFileReference.
//    g. Replace the code in Form1.cs with this code.
//    h. Replace the code in Form1.Designer.cs with this code.
// 2. Add EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll as a reference (right-click the project
//    name in the Solution Explorer, click Add Reference, click 
//    Assemblies > Framework in the left-side panel, browse to the top folder of 
//    your SolidWorks Enterprise PDM installation, locate and click 
//    EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll, click Open, click Add, and click Close).
// 3. Right-click EPDM.Interop.epdm in References, click Properties, and set 
//    Embed Interop Types to False to handle methods that pass arrays of 
//    structures.
// 4. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
//
// Postconditions: 
// 1. The Add custom references dialog displays.
// 2. Select a vault.
// 3. Click Browse for file to which to add custom reference
//    locate and click a file in the vault, and click Open.
//    The file is checked out.
// 4. In a view of the selected vault, right-click a file and click Copy.

// 5. In the Add custom references dialog, click Add custom file reference.
//    The file that was copied to the clipboard is added as a custom 
//    reference to the checked-out file.
// 6. In the Create File References dialog, click OK.
//    The file is checked in.
// 7. In the Edit User-Defined File References dialog, click OK.
// 8. Close the Add custom references dialog.         

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//Form1.cs
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;
using EPDM.Interop.epdm;
 
namespace CustRefCSharp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
 
        IEdmVault5 vault1 = null;
 
        public void FileReferencesCSharp_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
 
            try
            {
                IEdmVault5 vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                IEdmVault8 vault = (IEdmVault8)vault1;
                EdmViewInfo[] Views = null;
 
                vault.GetVaultViews(out Views, false);
                VaultsComboBox.Items.Clear();
                foreach (EdmViewInfo View in Views)
                {
                    VaultsComboBox.Items.Add(View.mbsVaultName);
                }
                if (VaultsComboBox.Items.Count > 0)
                {
                    VaultsComboBox.Text = (string)VaultsComboBox.Items[0];
                }
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }
 
        public void BrowseButton_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                CustRefListBox.Items.Clear();
 
                //Only create a new vault object
                //if one hasn't been created yet
                if (vault1 == null)
                    vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                if (!vault1.IsLoggedIn)
                {
                    //Log into selected vault as the current user
                    vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, this.Handle.ToInt32());
                }
 
                //Set the initial directory in the File Open dialog
                CustRefOpenFileDialog.InitialDirectory = vault1.RootFolderPath;
                //Show the File Open dialog
                System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult DialogResult = default(System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult);
                DialogResult = CustRefOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog();
                //If the user didn't click Open, exit the sub
                if (!(DialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK))
                    return;
 
                foreach (string FileName in CustRefOpenFileDialog.FileNames)
                {
                    CustRefListBox.Items.Add(FileName);
                }
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }
 
 
        public void AddCustomFileReference_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                //Only create a new vault object
                //if one hasn't been created yet
                IEdmVault7 vault2 = null;
                if (vault1 == null)
                    vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                    vault2 = (IEdmVault7)vault1;
                if (!vault1.IsLoggedIn)
                {
                    //Log into selected vault as the current user
                    vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, this.Handle.ToInt32());
                }
 
                IEdmAddCustomRefs addCustRefs = (IEdmAddCustomRefs)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_AddCustomRefs);
                Int32[] ppoFileIdArray = new Int32[CustRefListBox.Items.Count];
                IEdmFile5 file = null;
                IEdmFolder5 parentFolder = null;
                int i = 0;
                foreach (string FileName in CustRefListBox.Items)
                {
                    file = vault2.GetFileFromPath(FileName, out parentFolder);
                    if (!file.IsLocked) {
                        file.LockFile(parentFolder.IDthis.Handle.ToInt32(), (int)EdmLockFlag.EdmLock_Simple);
                    }
                    ppoFileIdArray[i] = file.ID;
                    i++;
                }
                Boolean retCode = false;
 
                //Add the file that is copied to the clipboard as a custom reference to the selected file
                foreach (int ID in ppoFileIdArray)
                {
                    addCustRefs.AddReferencesClipboard(ID);
                    addCustRefs.CreateTree((int)EdmCreateReferenceFlags.Ecrf_Nothing);
                    addCustRefs.ShowDlg(this.Handle.ToInt32());
                    retCode = addCustRefs.CreateReferences();
                }
 
                // Check in the file
                file.UnlockFile(this.Handle.ToInt32(), "Custom reference added");
 
                //Display current custom file references
                retCode = addCustRefs.ShowEditReferencesDlg(ref ppoFileIdArray, this.Handle.ToInt32());
 
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }
 
    }
}

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//Form1.Designer.cs

namespace CustRefCSharp
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }
 
        #region Windows Form Designer generated code
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.VaultsLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.VaultsComboBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
            this.BrowseButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.CustRefListBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
            this.AddCustomFileReference = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.CustRefOpenFileDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // VaultsLabel
            // 
            this.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = true;
            this.VaultsLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 26);
            this.VaultsLabel.Name = "VaultsLabel";
            this.VaultsLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(244, 13);
            this.VaultsLabel.TabIndex = 0;
            this.VaultsLabel.Text = "Copy a file to the clipboard, then select vault view:";
            // 
            // VaultsComboBox
            // 
            this.VaultsComboBox.FormattingEnabled = true;
            this.VaultsComboBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 59);
            this.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox";
            this.VaultsComboBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(121, 21);
            this.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 1;
            // 
            // BrowseButton
            // 
            this.BrowseButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 98);
            this.BrowseButton.Name = "BrowseButton";
            this.BrowseButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(271, 23);
            this.BrowseButton.TabIndex = 3;
            this.BrowseButton.Text = "Browse for file to which to add a custom reference...";
            this.BrowseButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.BrowseButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.BrowseButton_Click);
            // 
            // CustRefListBox
            // 
            this.CustRefListBox.FormattingEnabled = true;
            this.CustRefListBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 150);
            this.CustRefListBox.Name = "CustRefListBox";
            this.CustRefListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(259, 95);
            this.CustRefListBox.TabIndex = 4;
            // 
            // AddCustomFileReference
            // 
            this.AddCustomFileReference.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 273);
            this.AddCustomFileReference.Name = "AddCustomFileReference";
            this.AddCustomFileReference.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(259, 23);
            this.AddCustomFileReference.TabIndex = 5;
            this.AddCustomFileReference.Text = "Add custom file reference";
            this.AddCustomFileReference.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.AddCustomFileReference.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.AddCustomFileReference_Click);
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(317, 308);
            this.Controls.Add(this.AddCustomFileReference);
            this.Controls.Add(this.CustRefListBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.BrowseButton);
            this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsComboBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsLabel);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Add custom file references";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.FileReferencesCSharp_Load);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
 
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label VaultsLabel;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox VaultsComboBox;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button BrowseButton;
        private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox CustRefListBox;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button AddCustomFileReference;
        private System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog CustRefOpenFileDialog;
    }
}

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