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Versions of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional before 2008 supported Visual Basic 6. SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional 2008, and later, support VB.NET. Users who want to port their Visual Basic 6 applications to VB.NET applications need to know how to:

  • Create stand-alone and add-in applications in VB.NET.
     
  • Add dependencies EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll and EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode.dll by:
     
    1. Opening your project in Visual Studio.
    2. Right-clicking the project name in the Solution Explorer.
       
    3. Selecting Add > Project Reference.
       
    4. Clicking Browse tab > Browse... and navigating to the top folder of your SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional installation.
       
    5. Locating and selecting EPDM.Interop.epdm.dll.
       
    6. Clicking Add and OK.
       
    7. Repeating step 3.
       
    8. Locating and selecting EPDM.Interop.EPDMResultCode.dll.
       
    9. Repeating step 5.
     
  • Obtain window handles:
     
    • Visual Basic 6 syntax:

Me.hWnd

  • VB.NET syntax:

Me.Handle.ToInt32()



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