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Get XML Stream Example (C#)

This example shows how to get an embedded XML stream in a SOLIDWORKS document using the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API.

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Read the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API
//    Getting Started topic and ensure that the required
//    DLLs have been registered.
// 2. Copy and paste this module into a C# console
//    application in Microsoft Visual Studio.
// 3. Ensure that the specified document exists
//    (or point to another document).
// 4. Add the SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll
//    reference to the project:
//    a. Right-click the solution in Solution Explorer.
//    b. Click Add Reference.
//    c. Click Browse.
//    d. Click:
//       install_dir\api\redist\SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr.dll.
// 5. Substitute your_license_code with your
//    SOLIDWORKS Document Manager license key.
//
// Postconditions: Locate the XML stream in the current directory.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swdocumentmgr;
class Program
{
    
static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        
const string sLicenseKey = "your_license_code";
        
//Specify your license key
        const string sDocFileName = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2018\\samples\\tutorial\\EDraw\\claw\\claw-mechanism.sldasm";
        
        
SwDMClassFactory swClassFact = default(SwDMClassFactory);
        
SwDMApplication swDocMgr = default(SwDMApplication);
        
SwDMDocument swDoc = default(SwDMDocument);
        
SwDmDocumentType nDocType = 0;
        
string sPathName = null;
        
SwDmDocumentOpenError nRetVal = 0;
        
SwDmXmlDataError nRetVal2 = 0;

        
// Determine type of SOLIDWORKS file based on file extension

        if (sDocFileName.EndsWith("sldprt"))
        {
            nDocType =
SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentPart;
        }
        
else if (sDocFileName.EndsWith("sldasm"))
        {
            nDocType =
SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentAssembly;
        }
        
else if (sDocFileName.EndsWith("slddrw"))
        {
            nDocType =
SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentDrawing;
        }
        
else
        {
            
// Not a SOLIDWORKS file
            nDocType = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentUnknown;

            
// So cannot open
            return;
        }
        
        
// Strip off SOLIDWORKS file extension (sldxxx)
        // and add XML extension (xml)
        
        sPathName = sDocFileName.Substring(0, sDocFileName.Length - 6);
        sPathName = sPathName +
"xml";
        
        swClassFact =
new SwDMClassFactory();
        swDocMgr = (
SwDMApplication)
swClassFact.GetApplication(sLicenseKey);
        swDoc = (
SwDMDocument)swDocMgr.GetDocument(sDocFileName, nDocType, false, out nRetVal);
        
        swDoc.GetXmlStream(sPathName,
ref nRetVal2);  
        

    }
    
}



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