Create New Vault Example (C#)

This example shows how to:

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

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio.
//    a. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
//    b. Type CreateNewVault_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, and click Add).
// 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. In the code, substitute the following parameters in IEdmVault11::CreateNewVault
//    to create MyNewVault on your machine:
//    * database_server
//    * sql_sa_password
// 5. Click Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
//
// Postconditions: 
// 1. Displays the Create new vault dialog box.
//    a. Click Create and log in to MyNewVault.
//    b. After a few seconds, displays a login dialog.
//    c. Type Admin's password in Password.
//    d. Click Log in.
//       1. MyNewVault is created using the Default configuration in the root
//          folder of the archive server.
//       2. A view of MyNewVault, accessible to all users, is created in c:\temp.
//       3. Admin is logged into MyNewVault.
//    e. Click Get users logged into all vaults. 
//    f. Displays a dialog with all of the users currently logged into
//       vault views on this machine.
//    g. Click OK.
// 2. Close the Create new vault 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 CreateNewVault_CSharp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
 
        IEdmVault5 vault1;
        IEdmVault13 vault2;
        string vaults = "";
        public void Form1_Load(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            vault1 = new EdmVault5();
            vault2 = (IEdmVault13)vault1;
        }
 
 
        public void GetLoggedIn_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            //Get all of the users currently logged into vault views on this machine
            try
            {
                if (vault1 == null)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("Click Log in");
                    return;
                }
 
                IEdmUserMgr5 userMgr = default(IEdmUserMgr5);
                userMgr = (IEdmUserMgr5)vault2.CreateUtility(EdmUtility.EdmUtil_UserMgr);
                IEdmPos5 pos = default(IEdmPos5);
                pos = userMgr.GetFirstLoggedInUserPosition(vaults);
 
                string userName = "";
                string computerName = "";
                string vaultName = "";
                object loginTime = null;
 
                string message = null;
                message = "The following users are logged into vault views:" + "\n" + "\n";
 
                while (!pos.IsNull)
                {
                    userMgr.GetNextLoggedInUser(pos, out userName, out computerName, out vaultName, ref loginTime);
                    message = message + userName + " (" + computerName + ")" + " logged in to " + vaultName + " at " + loginTime + "\n";
                }
 
                MessageBox.Show(message);
 
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("HRESULT = 0x" + ex.ErrorCode.ToString("X") + " " + ex.Message);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
        }
 
        private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Create a new vault and vault view
            try
            {
                vault1 = new EdmVault5();
                vault2 = (IEdmVault13)vault1;
 
                vault2.CreateNewVault("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "This is my new vault", "", "database_server", "sa", "sql_sa_password", "MyNewVault", 110, "", (int)EdmCreateVaultFlag.EdmCreateVault_UseDefaultAdminPassword, null, "Default");
                vault2.CreateNewVaultView("", "", "", "MyNewVault", "c:\\temp", (int)EdmCreateVaultViewFlag.EdmCreateVaultView_SharedView);
 
                EdmViewInfo[] Views = null;
                vault2.GetVaultViews(out Views, false);
                vaults = "";
 
                foreach (EdmViewInfo View in Views)
                {
                    vaults = vaults + View.mbsVaultName + "\n";
                }
 
                //Log into the new vault view
                vault2.LoginAuto("MyNewVault", 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 CreateNewVault_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.GetLoggedIn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.Button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            //GetLoggedIn
            //
            this.GetLoggedIn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 71);
            this.GetLoggedIn.Name = "GetLoggedIn";
            this.GetLoggedIn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(167, 23);
            this.GetLoggedIn.TabIndex = 5;
            this.GetLoggedIn.Text = "Get users logged into all vaults";
            this.GetLoggedIn.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.GetLoggedIn.Click +=new System.EventHandler(GetLoggedIn_Click);
            //
            //Button1
            //
            this.Button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 26);
            this.Button1.Name = "Button1";
            this.Button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(178, 23);
            this.Button1.TabIndex = 6;
            this.Button1.Text = "Create and log in to MyNewVault";
            this.Button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.Button1.Click +=new System.EventHandler(Button1_Click);
            //
            //Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6f, 13f);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(287, 136);
            this.Controls.Add(this.Button1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.GetLoggedIn);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Create new vault";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
 
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button GetLoggedIn;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button Button1;
    }
}

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