This example shows how to get the file references for a
file and export any file references to an XML file.
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.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
// a. Click File > New > Project > C# > Windows Forms Application.
// b. Type FileRefCSharp 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. Replace the code in Form1.cs with this code.
// g. To create the form, replace the code in Form1.Designer.cs with this code.
// h. Right-click the FileRefCSharp project name in the Solution Explorer.
// 1. Click Add > Class > Class.
// 2. Type FileRef.cs in Name.
// 3. Click Add.
// 4. Replace the code in FileRef.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. Displays a dialog.
// 2. Select a vault.
// 3. Click Browse, locate and select a file in the vault that
// has file references, and click Open.
// 4. Click Write file references to an XML file.
// The names of any file references are exported to
// C:\temp\BatchFileRefInfo.xml.
// 5. Displays a message box that says file references
// were exported to an XML file.
// 6. Click OK to close the message box.
// 7. Double-click C:\temp\BatchFileRefInfo.xml and examine its contents.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//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 FileRefCSharp
{
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
{
BatchRefListBox.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
BatchRefOpenFileDialog.InitialDirectory = vault1.RootFolderPath;
//Show the File Open dialog
System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult DialogResult = default(System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult);
DialogResult = BatchRefOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog();
//If the user didn't click Open, exit the sub
if (!(DialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK))
return;
foreach (string FileName in BatchRefOpenFileDialog.FileNames)
{
BatchRefListBox.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 GetReferencedFiles(IEdmReference5 Reference, string FilePath, int Level, string ProjectName, ref Dictionary<string, string> RefFilesDictionary)
{
try
{
bool Top = false;
if (Reference == null)
{
//This is the first time this function is called for this
//reference tree; i.e., this is the root
Top = true;
//Add the top-level file path to the dictionary
RefFilesDictionary.Add(FilePath, Level.ToString());
IEdmFile5 File = null;
IEdmFolder5 ParentFolder = null;
File = vault1.GetFileFromPath(FilePath, out ParentFolder);
//Get the reference tree for this file
Reference = File.GetReferenceTree(ParentFolder.ID);
GetReferencedFiles(Reference, "", Level + 1, ProjectName, ref RefFilesDictionary);
}
else
{
//Execute this code when this function is called recursively;
//i.e., this is not the top-level IEdmReference in the tree
//Recursively traverse the references
IEdmPos5 pos = default(IEdmPos5);
IEdmReference9 Reference2 = (IEdmReference9)Reference;
pos = Reference2.GetFirstChildPosition3(ProjectName, Top, true, (int)EdmRefFlags.EdmRef_File, "", 0);
IEdmReference5 @ref = default(IEdmReference5);
while ((!pos.IsNull))
{
@ref = Reference.GetNextChild(pos);
RefFilesDictionary.Add(@ref.FoundPath, Level.ToString());
GetReferencedFiles(@ref, "", Level + 1, ProjectName, ref RefFilesDictionary);
}
}
}
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 WriteXmlButton_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());
}
//Get the file paths of all of the referenced files
//and store them in RefFilesDictionary as keys;
//the levels where they are found in the file hierarchy
//are stored as values
Dictionary<string, string> RefFilesDictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (string FileName in BatchRefListBox.Items)
{
GetReferencedFiles(null, FileName, 0, "A", ref RefFilesDictionary);
}
//Because selecting a file in the Open File dialog
//adds the file and its references to the local cache,
//clear the local cache to demonstrate that the
//IEdmBatchListing methods don't add the files to
//the local cache
//Declare and create the IEdmClearLocalCache3 object
IEdmClearLocalCache3 ClearLocalCache = default(IEdmClearLocalCache3);
ClearLocalCache = (IEdmClearLocalCache3)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_ClearLocalCache);
ClearLocalCache.IgnoreToolboxFiles = true;
ClearLocalCache.UseAutoClearCacheOption = true;
//Declare and create the IEdmBatchListing object
IEdmBatchListing BatchListing = default(IEdmBatchListing);
BatchListing = (IEdmBatchListing)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_BatchList);
//Add all of the reference file paths to the
//IEdmClearLocalCache object to clear from the
//local cache and to the IEdmBatchListing object
//to get the file information in batch mode
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> KvPair in RefFilesDictionary)
{
ClearLocalCache.AddFileByPath(KvPair.Key);
((IEdmBatchListing2)BatchListing).AddFileCfg(KvPair.Key, DateTime.Now, (Convert.ToInt32(KvPair.Value)), "@", Convert.ToInt32(EdmListFileFlags.EdmList_Nothing));
}
//Clear the local cache of the reference files
ClearLocalCache.CommitClear();
//Create the batch file listing along with the file
//card variables Description and Number
EdmListCol[] BatchListCols = null;
((IEdmBatchListing2)BatchListing).CreateListEx("\n\nDescription\nNumber", Convert.ToInt32(EdmCreateListExFlags.Edmclef_MayReadFiles), ref BatchListCols, null);
//Get the generated file information
EdmListFile[] BatchListFiles = null;
BatchListing.GetFiles(ref BatchListFiles);
//Create the list where to store all the file information
List<FileRef> FileRefs = new List<FileRef>();
//Recursively add the file information to the list
int j = 0;
AddFileRef(ref BatchListFiles, ref j, 0, ref FileRefs);
if (!Directory.Exists("C:\\temp"))
{
MessageBox.Show("Directory \"c:\temp\" does " + "not exist; please create it and try again.");
}
else
{
XmlSerializer XmlSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<FileRef>));
StreamWriter StrWriter = new StreamWriter("C:\\temp\\BatchFileRefInfo.xml");
XmlSer.Serialize(StrWriter, FileRefs);
StrWriter.Close();
MessageBox.Show("File references successfully exported to an XML file.");
}
}
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 AddFileRef(ref EdmListFile[] BatchListFiles, ref int curIndex, int curLevel, ref List<FileRef> FileRefs)
{
try
{
while (curIndex < BatchListFiles.Length)
{
EdmListFile curListFile = BatchListFiles[curIndex];
//If the depth level of this listfile is <
//the current depth level then...
if (curListFile.mlParam > curLevel)
{
//Create a new FileRefs list
FileRefs[FileRefs.Count - 1].FileRefs = new List<FileRef>();
List<FileRef> fRef = FileRefs[FileRefs.Count - 1].FileRefs;
//Recurse using a new FileRefs list
AddFileRef(ref BatchListFiles, ref curIndex, curListFile.mlParam, ref fRef);
}
else
{
//Create a new FileRef object to hold
//the file information
FileRef FileRef = new FileRef();
//Assign the FileRef properties
FileRef.CheckedOutBy = curListFile.mbsLockUser;
FileRef.CurrentState = curListFile.moCurrentState.mbsStateName;
object[] columnData = (object[])curListFile.moColumnData;
FileRef.Description = (string)columnData[0];
IEdmFile5 File = default(IEdmFile5);
File = (IEdmFile5)vault1.GetObject(EdmObjectType.EdmObject_File, curListFile.mlFileID);
FileRef.FileName = File.Name;
FileRef.LatestRevision = curListFile.mbsRevisionName;
FileRef.LatestVersion = Convert.ToString(curListFile.mlLatestVersion);
FileRef.Number = (string)columnData[1];
FileRef.FileRefs = null;
//Add the FileRef to this level's list
FileRefs.Add(FileRef);
curIndex += 1;
}
}
}
catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
namespace FileRefCSharp
{
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.BatchRefLabel = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.BrowseButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.BatchRefListBox = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
this.WriteXMLButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.BatchRefOpenFileDialog = 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(91, 13);
this.VaultsLabel.TabIndex = 0;
this.VaultsLabel.Text = "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;
//
// BatchRefLabel
//
this.BatchRefLabel.AutoSize = true;
this.BatchRefLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 116);
this.BatchRefLabel.Name = "BatchRefLabel";
this.BatchRefLabel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(160, 13);
this.BatchRefLabel.TabIndex = 2;
this.BatchRefLabel.Text = "Files for which to get references:";
//
// BrowseButton
//
this.BrowseButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(197, 106);
this.BrowseButton.Name = "BrowseButton";
this.BrowseButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.BrowseButton.TabIndex = 3;
this.BrowseButton.Text = "Browse...";
this.BrowseButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.BrowseButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(BrowseButton_Click);
//
// BatchRefListBox
//
this.BatchRefListBox.FormattingEnabled = true;
this.BatchRefListBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 150);
this.BatchRefListBox.Name = "BatchRefListBox";
this.BatchRefListBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(259, 95);
this.BatchRefListBox.TabIndex = 4;
//
// WriteXMLButton
//
this.WriteXMLButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 270);
this.WriteXMLButton.Name = "WriteXMLButton";
this.WriteXMLButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(259, 23);
this.WriteXMLButton.TabIndex = 5;
this.WriteXMLButton.Text = "Write file references to an XML file";
this.WriteXMLButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.WriteXMLButton.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.WriteXmlButton_Click);
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 308);
this.Controls.Add(this.WriteXMLButton);
this.Controls.Add(this.BatchRefListBox);
this.Controls.Add(this.BrowseButton);
this.Controls.Add(this.BatchRefLabel);
this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsComboBox);
this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsLabel);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Get 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.Label BatchRefLabel;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button BrowseButton;
private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox BatchRefListBox;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button WriteXMLButton;
private System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog BatchRefOpenFileDialog;
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace FileRefCSharp
{
public class FileRef
{
private string mFileName;
private string mLatestVersion;
private string mLatestRevision;
private string mNumber;
private string mDescription;
private string mCurrentState;
private string mCheckedOutBy;
private List<FileRef> mFileRefs;
public FileRef()
{
}
public string FileName
{
get { return mFileName; }
set { mFileName = value; }
}
public string LatestVersion
{
get { return mLatestVersion; }
set { mLatestVersion = value; }
}
public string LatestRevision
{
get { return mLatestRevision; }
set { mLatestRevision = value; }
}
public string Number
{
get { return mNumber; }
set { mNumber = value; }
}
public string Description
{
get { return mDescription; }
set { mDescription = value; }
}
public string CurrentState
{
get { return mCurrentState; }
set { mCurrentState = value; }
}
public string CheckedOutBy
{
get { return mCheckedOutBy; }
set { mCheckedOutBy = value; }
}
public List<FileRef> FileRefs
{
get { return mFileRefs; }
set { mFileRefs = value; }
}
}
}