thanks for all the replies. especially stoker. I have managed to make use of that unsupported method found in sdm.dll (extractBitMap2File). But e-drawings might be the way to go in the future. who knows
If anybody should need to look at it please let me know
what I need is somebody with API knowledge. Therefore I have not explained this issue in great detail.
I have a previously written app in VB which does many things, one of which is it's ability to display a preview of an AutoCAD drawing that a user has selected in the custom filediaog box( on...
I don;t know if you are joking or not, but what I would like to do is have an application display the preview of the file when you highlight it in a file list.
solidworks provides this method
SldWorks::GetPreviewBitmap
however there is a note that it will only works if used in a macro or an add-in and not if I am using an external application.
However I need to get a preview from an outside program
I have created an addin that I would like to distribute, but I am not sure how.
I tried the regsvr32 method on the dll but no success and I also tried opening the dll in SW and that didn't register it properly either.
Can anybody shed some light on this?
thanx
not really.
I have an addin already (created by the wizard) and I can do some simple things.
I have tried to implement the following event trap with no success
ChangeCustomPropertyNotify
I have found this
ChangeCustomPropertyNotify
but since I have no extensive previous knowledge of SW and there is no example, I am strugling to make it work
do u have any examples for this?
thanx
Can you tell me how to access configuration specific properties through the API? I have been trying to do this now to no avail.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I am trying to find a way (if possible) to trap an event that is triggered when the configuration specific setting for a part has changed.
I am using VB.Net but and I am totally new to SW API.
Any Help will be appreciated.
Thanx
here is most of the code. A bit messy but it does the job
If there are questions please ask and I'll be happy to explain.
We have a few different templates and therefore I have to check the column headers accordingly so I know what to do with the data and in which column I can expect what. Bunch...
printers have been reinstalled, SW as well, same SP...
I think I am just going to wipe the damn machine anyway and call it good. I tried my app on 4 different computers and it works on all except this one stupid machine :-(
Hi,
this is not neccessarily a programming question, but rather a "I'm completely confused" question
In a nutshell:
using VB I open up a drawing, I get the current sheet and then get it's properties.
I use the properties to determine the paper size of the drawing
'here I get the paper size...
Bradley,
Once again thank you for your advice. I welcome programming challenges as well, especially when I am dealing with a task which I am completely unfamiliar with. With that said I do believe that learning new things will never hurt, and therefore I am trying to learn as much about SW as I...