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Read and Write to Third-party Storage Example (C#)

This example shows how to read and write to third-party storage in a document.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
//  1. Read the SOLIDWORKS Document Manager API Getting Started
//     topic and ensure that the required DLLs are registered.
//  2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
//  3. Click File > New > Project > Visual C# > Windows Forms Application.
//     a. Type SwDocMgrStorageApp in Name.
//     b. Click Browse and navigate to the folder where to create
//        the project.
//     c. Click OK.
//  4. Add references 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
//     e. Click Open.
//     f. Click Add.
//     g. Click Browse.
//     h. Click:
//        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Remote Debugger\x64\Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.dll
//     i. Click Open.
//     j. Click Add.
//     k. Click Close.
//  5. Click Show All Files in the Solution Explorer toolbar and expand
//     Form1.cs in the Solution Explorer.
//  6. Replace the code in Form1.cs with this code.
//  7. Replace the code in Form1.Designer.cs with this code.
//  8. Substitute your_license_key with your SOLIDWORKS Document
//     Manager license key.

//
// Postconditions:
//  1. Displays a dialog.
//  2. Click Browse.
//     a. Locate and click a SOLIDWORKS document.
//     b. Click Open.

//  3. Type temp in StoreName and in both StorageName fields.
//  4. Type Some third-party text in both text boxes.
//  5. Click Write.

//  6. Click Exit.
//  7. Press F5.
//  8. In the dialog, click Browse.
//     a. Locate and click the document you clicked in step 2a.
//     b. Click Open.
//  9. Type temp in StoreName and in both StorageName fields.
// 10. Click Read.
// 11. Displays Some third-party text in both text boxes.
// 12. Click Exit.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//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 SwDocumentMgr;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
namespace SwDocMgrStorageApp
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        SwDMDocument19 swDoc19;
        SwDMApplication swDocMgr;
 
        SwDMClassFactory swClassFact;
 
        string  sLicenseKey = "your_license_key";
        private void btnFile_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "SOLIDWORKS Files (*.sldprt;*sldasm;*slddrw)|*.sldprt;*sldasm;*slddrw|SOLIDWORKS Part (*.sldprt)|*.sldprt|SOLIDWORKS Assembly (*.sldasm)|*.sldasm|SOLIDWORKS Drawing (*.slddrw)|*.slddrw";
            if (OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) {
            txtFileName.Text = OpenFileDialog1.FileName;
        }
    }
 
    private void btnOpen_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        OpenFile();
        if ((swDoc19 != null)) {
                if (txtStorageName.Text != string.Empty)
                    Read3rdPartyStorageData();
                if (txtStoreName.Text != string.Empty && txtStreamName.Text != string.Empty)
                    Read3rdPartyStorageStoreData();
        }
        CloseFile();
        this.Refresh();
    }
 
    private void btnSave_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        OpenFile();
        if ((swDoc19 != null)) {
                if (txtStorageName.Text != string.Empty)
                    Write3rdPartyStorageData();
                if (txtStoreName.Text != string.Empty && txtStreamName.Text != string.Empty)
                    Write3rdPartyStorageStoreData();
        }
            rtbStorage.Text = string.Empty;
            rtbStore.Text = string.Empty;
            CloseFile();
            this.Refresh();
    }
 
 
    private void btnExit_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
            this.Close();
    }
    private void OpenFile()
    {
        if ((swDoc19 != null)) {
            swDoc19.CloseDoc();
            swDoc19 = null;
        }
 
            string sDocFileName = null;
            SwDmDocumentType nDocType = 0;
            SwDmDocumentOpenError nRetVal = 0;
 
 
            sDocFileName = txtFileName.Text;
            if (sDocFileName.ToLower().EndsWith("sldprt"))
            {
                nDocType = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentPart;
            }
            else if (sDocFileName.ToLower().EndsWith("sldasm"))
            {
                nDocType = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentAssembly;
            }
            else if (sDocFileName.ToLower().EndsWith("slddrw"))
            {
                nDocType = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentDrawing;
            }
            else
            {
 
                // Not a SOLIDWORKS file 
                nDocType = SwDmDocumentType.swDmDocumentUnknown;
 
              
                return;
            } 
 
 
            swClassFact = new SwDMClassFactory(); 
            swDocMgr = swClassFact.GetApplication(sLicenseKey) as SwDMApplication ;
            swDoc19 = swDocMgr.GetDocument(sDocFileName, nDocType, falseout nRetVal) as SwDMDocument19;
            Debug.Assert(SwDmDocumentOpenError.swDmDocumentOpenErrorNone == nRetVal);
    }
        private void CloseFile()
        {
            if ((swDoc19 != null))
            {
                swDoc19.CloseDoc();
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(swDoc19);
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                swDoc19 = null;
            }
 
        }
    private void Read3rdPartyStorageData()
    {
            try
            {
                IStream pIStream = default(IStream);
                pIStream = swDoc19.Get3rdPartyStorage(txtStorageName.Text, false);
                if (pIStream == null)
                {
                    rtbStorage.Text = "Error: " + "Storage " + txtStorageName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                string strStream = null;
                byte[] byteArray = new byte[1000];
                uint outlength = 0;
                pIStream.Read(byteArray, (uint)byteArray.Length, out outlength);
                strStream = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byteArray);
                rtbStorage.Text = strStream.Substring(0, (int)outlength);
                swDoc19.Release3rdPartyStorage(txtStorageName.Text);
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pIStream);
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                rtbStorage.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
            }
    }
    private void Read3rdPartyStorageStoreData()
    {
            try
            {
                IStorage storage = default(IStorage);
                storage = swDoc19.Get3rdPartyStorageStore(txtStoreName.Text, false);
                if (storage == null)
                {
                    rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + "Store " + txtStoreName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                IStream pIStream = default(IStream);
                int grfmode = 0;
                grfmode |= (int)STGM.SHARE_EXCLUSIVE;
                storage.OpenStream(txtStreamName.Text, IntPtr.Zero, (uint)grfmode, 0, out pIStream);
                if (pIStream == null)
                {
                    rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + "Stream " + txtStreamName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                string strStream = null;
                byte[] byteArray = new byte[1000];
                uint outlength = 0;
                pIStream.Read(byteArray, (uint)byteArray.Length, out outlength);
                strStream = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byteArray);
                rtbStore.Text = strStream;
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pIStream);
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                swDoc19.Release3rdPartyStorageStore(txtStoreName.Text);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
            }
    }
    private void Write3rdPartyStorageData()
    {
            try
            {
                IStream pIStream = default(IStream);
                pIStream = swDoc19.Get3rdPartyStorage(txtStorageName.Text, true);
                if (pIStream == null)
                {
                    rtbStorage.Text = "Error: " + "Storage " + txtStorageName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                byte[] strStream = null;
                strStream = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(rtbStorage.Text);
                uint outlength = 0;
                pIStream.Write(strStream, (uint)strStream.Length, out outlength);
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pIStream);
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                swDoc19.Release3rdPartyStorage(txtStorageName.Text);
                swDoc19.Save();
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                rtbStorage.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
            }
    }
    private void Write3rdPartyStorageStoreData()
    {
            try
            {
                IStorage storage = default(IStorage);
                storage = swDoc19.Get3rdPartyStorageStore(txtStoreName.Text, true);
                if (storage == null)
                {
                    rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + "Store " + txtStoreName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                IStream pIStream = default(IStream);
                int grfmode = 0;
                grfmode |= (int)STGM.SHARE_EXCLUSIVE;
                grfmode |= (int)STGM.READWRITE;
                grfmode |= (int)STGM.CREATE;
                storage.CreateStream(txtStreamName.Text, (uint)grfmode, 0, 0, out pIStream);
                if (pIStream == null)
                {
                    rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + "Stream " + txtStreamName.Text + " not found";
                    return;
                }
                byte[] strStream = null;
                strStream = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(rtbStore.Text);
                uint outlength = 0;
                pIStream.Write(strStream, (uint)strStream.Length, out outlength);
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(storage);
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pIStream);
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                GC.Collect();
                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
                swDoc19.Release3rdPartyStorageStore(txtStoreName.Text);
                swDoc19.Save();
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                rtbStore.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message;
            }
    }
    [Flags]
    public enum STGM : uint
    {
            DIRECT = 0x00000000,
            TRANSACTED = 0x00010000,
            SIMPLE = 0x08000000,
            READ = 0x00000000,
            WRITE = 0x00000001,
            READWRITE = 0x00000002,
            SHARE_DENY_NONE = 0x00000040,
            SHARE_DENY_READ = 0x00000030,
            SHARE_DENY_WRITE = 0x00000020,
            SHARE_EXCLUSIVE = 0x00000010,
            PRIORITY = 0x00040000,
            DELETEONRELEASE = 0x04000000,
            NOSCRATCH = 0x00100000,
            CREATE = 0x00001000,
            CONVERT = 0x00020000,
            FAILIFTHERE = 0x00000000,
            NOSNAPSHOT = 0x00200000,
            DIRECT_SWMR = 0x00400000,
    }
 
    }
}

 

//Form1.Designer.cs

namespace SwDocMgrStorageApp
{
    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.rtbStorage = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
            this.rtbStore = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
            this.btnExit = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnSave = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnOpen = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.btnFile = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.OpenFileDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
            this.txtFileName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.txtStoreName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.txtStreamName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.groupBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.label5 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.txtStorageName = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
            this.groupBox2.SuspendLayout();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // rtbStorage
            // 
            this.rtbStorage.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 83);
            this.rtbStorage.Name = "rtbStorage";
            this.rtbStorage.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(198, 91);
            this.rtbStorage.TabIndex = 15;
            this.rtbStorage.Text = "";
            // 
            // rtbStore
            // 
            this.rtbStore.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 83);
            this.rtbStore.Name = "rtbStore";
            this.rtbStore.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(198, 91);
            this.rtbStore.TabIndex = 14;
            this.rtbStore.Text = "";
            // 
            // btnExit
            // 
            this.btnExit.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(448, 197);
            this.btnExit.Name = "btnExit";
            this.btnExit.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnExit.TabIndex = 13;
            this.btnExit.Text = "Exit";
            this.btnExit.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnExit.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnExit_Click);
            // 
            // btnSave
            // 
            this.btnSave.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(448, 168);
            this.btnSave.Name = "btnSave";
            this.btnSave.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnSave.TabIndex = 12;
            this.btnSave.Text = "Write";
            this.btnSave.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnSave.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnSave_Click);
            // 
            // btnOpen
            // 
            this.btnOpen.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(448, 139);
            this.btnOpen.Name = "btnOpen";
            this.btnOpen.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnOpen.TabIndex = 11;
            this.btnOpen.Text = "Read";
            this.btnOpen.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnOpen.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnOpen_Click);
            // 
            // btnFile
            // 
            this.btnFile.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(448, 12);
            this.btnFile.Name = "btnFile";
            this.btnFile.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
            this.btnFile.TabIndex = 10;
            this.btnFile.Text = "Browse...";
            this.btnFile.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.btnFile.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnFile_Click);
            // 
            // OpenFileDialog1
            // 
            this.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = "OpenFileDialog1";
            // 
            // txtFileName
            // 
            this.txtFileName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
            this.txtFileName.Name = "txtFileName";
            this.txtFileName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(430, 20);
            this.txtFileName.TabIndex = 9;
            // 
            // groupBox1
            // 
            this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.label3);
            this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.txtStreamName);
            this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.label1);
            this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.txtStoreName);
            this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.rtbStore);
            this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 39);
            this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
            this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(210, 180);
            this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 18;
            this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
            this.groupBox1.Text = "Store:";
            // 
            // txtStoreName
            // 
            this.txtStoreName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 17);
            this.txtStoreName.Name = "txtStoreName";
            this.txtStoreName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(116, 20);
            this.txtStoreName.TabIndex = 15;
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            this.label1.AutoSize = true;
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(7, 20);
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(63, 13);
            this.label1.TabIndex = 16;
            this.label1.Text = "StoreName:";
            // 
            // label3
            // 
            this.label3.AutoSize = true;
            this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(7, 53);
            this.label3.Name = "label3";
            this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 13);
            this.label3.TabIndex = 18;
            this.label3.Text = "StorageName:";
            // 
            // txtStreamName
            // 
            this.txtStreamName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 50);
            this.txtStreamName.Name = "txtStreamName";
            this.txtStreamName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(116, 20);
            this.txtStreamName.TabIndex = 17;
            // 
            // groupBox2
            // 
            this.groupBox2.Controls.Add(this.rtbStorage);
            this.groupBox2.Controls.Add(this.label5);
            this.groupBox2.Controls.Add(this.txtStorageName);
            this.groupBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(232, 39);
            this.groupBox2.Name = "groupBox2";
            this.groupBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(210, 180);
            this.groupBox2.TabIndex = 19;
            this.groupBox2.TabStop = false;
            this.groupBox2.Text = "Storage:";
            // 
            // label5
            // 
            this.label5.AutoSize = true;
            this.label5.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(7, 20);
            this.label5.Name = "label5";
            this.label5.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 13);
            this.label5.TabIndex = 16;
            this.label5.Text = "StorageName:";
            // 
            // txtStorageName
            // 
            this.txtStorageName.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 17);
            this.txtStorageName.Name = "txtStorageName";
            this.txtStorageName.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(116, 20);
            this.txtStorageName.TabIndex = 15;
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(536, 231);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnExit);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnSave);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnOpen);
            this.Controls.Add(this.btnFile);
            this.Controls.Add(this.txtFileName);
            this.Controls.Add(this.groupBox1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.groupBox2);
            this.MaximumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(552, 269);
            this.MinimumSize = new System.Drawing.Size(552, 269);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "DocManager Test";
            this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.groupBox1.PerformLayout();
            this.groupBox2.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.groupBox2.PerformLayout();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.PerformLayout();
 
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        internal System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox rtbStorage;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox rtbStore;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button btnExit;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button btnSave;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button btnOpen;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.Button btnFile;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog OpenFileDialog1;
        internal System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtFileName;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtStreamName;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtStoreName;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox2;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label5;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtStorageName;
    }
}

 



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