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Get Preview Bitmap of File Example (C#)

This example shows how to get the preview bitmap of a file.

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

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
//    a. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
//    b. Type GetPreviewBitmap_CSharp 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.
// 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 PDM Professional 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.
Ensure that the root folder of the vault contains an Autodesk DWG file.
// 5. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
//
// Postconditions:
//  1. Displays the Get Preview Bitmap dialog box.
//     a. Select a vault view.
//     b. Click Select file.
//     c. In the Select File dialog:
//        1. Click a DWG file inside the vault.
//        2. Click Open.
//     d. Click Get preview bitmap.
//        Form1 displays the preview bitmap of the selected file.
//  2. Close the
Get Preview Bitmap dialog box.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

//Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using EPDM.Interop.epdm;
 
namespace GetPreviewBitmap_CSharp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private IEdmVault5 vault1 = null;
        IEdmFile5 aFile;
        bool retVal;
 
        public void Form1_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 SelectFiles_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                File1List.Items.Clear();
 
                IEdmVault7 vault2 = null;
                if (vault1 == null)
                {
                    vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                }
                vault2 = (IEdmVault7)vault1;
 
                if (!vault1.IsLoggedIn)
                {
                    vault1.LoginAuto(VaultsComboBox.Text, this.Handle.ToInt32());
                }
 
                //Set the initial directory in the Select File dialog
                OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = vault1.RootFolderPath;
                //Show the Select File dialog
                System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult DialogResult;
                DialogResult = OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
 
                IEdmFolder5 ppoRetParentFolder;
                if (!(DialogResult == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK))
                {
                    // do nothing
                }
                else
                {
                    foreach (string FileName in OpenFileDialog1.FileNames)
                    {
                        File1List.Items.Add(FileName);
                        aFile = vault1.GetFileFromPath(FileName, out ppoRetParentFolder);
                    }
                }
 
            }
            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 PreviewBitmap_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            DrawBitmapPreview(aFile);
        }
 
        private void DrawBitmapPreview(IEdmFile5 file)
        {
 
            try
            {
                IEdmEnumeratorVariable5 varEnum = default(IEdmEnumeratorVariable5);
                varEnum = (IEdmEnumeratorVariable5)file.GetEnumeratorVariable();
                IEdmBitmap5 preview = default(IEdmBitmap5);
                preview = varEnum.GetThumbnail();
                if (preview == null)
                    return;
                preview.Draw(this.Handle.ToInt32(), 45, 220, 0, 0);
 
            }
            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 GetPreviewBitmap_CSharp
{
    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.SelectFiles = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.File1List = new System.Windows.Forms.ListBox();
            this.PreviewBitmap = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.OpenFileDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            //VaultsLabel
            //
            this.VaultsLabel.AutoSize = true;
            this.VaultsLabel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(36, 24);
            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(39, 40);
            this.VaultsComboBox.Name = "VaultsComboBox";
            this.VaultsComboBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(121, 21);
            this.VaultsComboBox.TabIndex = 1;
            //
            //SelectFiles
            //
            this.SelectFiles.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(39, 85);
            this.SelectFiles.Name = "SelectFiles";
            this.SelectFiles.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(191, 23);
            this.SelectFiles.TabIndex = 2;
            this.SelectFiles.Text = "Select file...";
            this.SelectFiles.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.SelectFiles.Click +=new System.EventHandler(SelectFiles_Click);
            //
            //File1List
            //
            this.File1List.FormattingEnabled = true;
            this.File1List.HorizontalScrollbar = true;
            this.File1List.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(40, 114);
            this.File1List.Name = "File1List";
            this.File1List.SelectionMode = System.Windows.Forms.SelectionMode.MultiExtended;
            this.File1List.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(220, 43);
            this.File1List.TabIndex = 4;
            //
            //PreviewBitmap
            //
            this.PreviewBitmap.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(40, 183);
            this.PreviewBitmap.Name = "PreviewBitmap";
            this.PreviewBitmap.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(157, 23);
            this.PreviewBitmap.TabIndex = 6;
            this.PreviewBitmap.Text = "Get preview bitmap";
            this.PreviewBitmap.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.PreviewBitmap.Click +=new System.EventHandler(PreviewBitmap_Click);
            //
            //OpenFileDialog1
            //
            this.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = "OpenFileDialog1";
            this.OpenFileDialog1.Title = "Select File";
            //
            //Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6f, 13f);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(629, 746);
            this.Controls.Add(this.PreviewBitmap);
            this.Controls.Add(this.File1List);
            this.Controls.Add(this.SelectFiles);
            this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsComboBox);
            this.Controls.Add(this.VaultsLabel);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Get Preview Bitmap";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
 
        }
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Label VaultsLabel;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox VaultsComboBox;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button SelectFiles;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.ListBox File1List;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button PreviewBitmap;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog OpenFileDialog1;
 
        #endregion
    }
}

 

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