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Disconnecting a SW Add-in

Disconnecting a SW Add-in

Disconnecting a SW Add-in

(OP)
Who's got a good working macro to disconnect a SW add-in?

I tried some batch printing add-in and it's screwing with my print settings and I'm having some trouble ridding myself of it.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

Have you tried unchecking the addin under "Tool --> Addins"?

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

(OP)
Oh it's unchecked.  I want to disconnect/remove it altogether.

Can't quite figure out how to get the API code from the help file to work though.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

Why do you need API code to get rid of a macro?

Which batch-printing add-in are you trying to get rid of?

cheers

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

(OP)
http://www.swcp3.com/
swBatchPrint at the bottom.  It doesn't take into account sheet/document specific settings

I have sheets setup to print portrait & landscape, but after installing this it will randomly garble the portrait/landscape setting and print the opposite.

It's a .dll add-in and can't just be deleted or removed from a button.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

It depends on how the addin was installed.  If it was installed with an installer package, you can go to "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows control panel and uninstall there.

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

(OP)
It's not exactly a professional quality add-in if you get my drift.

Nothing in add/remove programs.  There's gotta be some way to remove it from solidworks itself so it doesn't even recognize it as an add-in.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

You can manually unregister and remove the DLL file.  Then delete the registry keys.  Gotta google to find the unreg procedure.  i have a tool for removing reg keys, but it's use-at-your-own risk.

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

Glad to hear the problem is fixed.

On my machine there is a swCP3 line in the Add/Remove section, and for various reasons I have un-installed and re-installed it several times without any known problems.

Did you disable swCP3 from the Tools > Add-ins list before trying to un-install it from the PC?

cheers

RE: Disconnecting a SW Add-in

(OP)
Yea it was disabled when I unregistered the .dll and cleared out the registry.

I didn't install it as the swCP3 "set" as I found the swBatchPrint by itself on another site.  I installed it by running the .dll through solidworks.  Wasn't an .exe installer.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

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