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SOLIDWORKS Electrical API  2021.0.0
Electrical API
Add a command in C# using a specialized C# library.

Create C# class with Visual Studio

  • Open your project in Visual Studio
  • Select your project and click on
  • Add -> New Item...
  • Select Visual C# Items -> Class
  • Rename your class here with MyCommandWithRibbonControl

Click OK.

Create a new Ribbon button Command

To create a new command, derive your MyCommandWithoutRibbonControl class from the AbstractCommand interface.

To use these interfaces see the Add-in sample in C# with a specialized library. sample.

public class MyCommandWithoutRibbonControl : AbstractCommand
{
public override string CommandName => "MySuperCommandWithoutRibbonControl";
public override EwErrorCode execute(EwCommandContextX commandContextX)
{
AddinContainer.Get<Logger>()?.Info()
.Message("Called from command without ribbon control")
.Write();
return EwErrorCode.EW_NO_ERROR;
}
public override string getDescription(out EwErrorCode errorCode)
{
errorCode = EwErrorCode.EW_NO_ERROR;
return "My description";
}
}
Note
mEwApplicationX: application object previously created.
EwErrorCode
All errors codes for this API.
Definition: EnumDefinition.idl:21


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