The latest version of the Convert With DraftSight add-in has been released. This update was a major overhaul, and incorporates many new features and a few bug fixes. The biggest change is the scripting engine, which allows one to output specific sheets based on blocks and variables values. Old scripts will still work, however. The…
Version 2 has been released of the Print to PDF add-in. Microsoft Office formats can now export to PDF natively and PDF security has been added. More details can be found on the Print to PDF product page.
I was recently working on an app that used the SolidWorks EPDM API; specifically the app saves and restores folder permissions. While trying to set permissions, I was getting the error: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) After trying different methods of working with the EdmFolderPermission array, I noticed that I had ‘Embed…
What’s new? I have recently received a lot of interest in my Print to PDF Task Addin. Many have asked if I am still providing support and if I will continue to update the addin with new features. The answer is yes! I would like to announce that I have released the latest version of…
Here’s an example of adding and removing users and groups from a vault using the SolidWorks EPDM API. The example does the following: Creates an example group Creates an example user Add the user to the group Removes the user from the group Removes the user Removes the group If the user or group exists…
I recently had someone ask me to provide an example using PHP with the SolidWorks EPDM API. I am posting the example I provided in hopes it may help someone else down the road. Note the module name in the ‘new COM’ line. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> <html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> <head> <style…
I normally use config (xml) files for my EPDM add-in configuration, however, there are a couple of issues with them. One needs to remember to add the configuration file when adding the add-in. Security is at risk as passwords are readable by anyone who knows where to look for them if they are stored in…
Here is a little addin that will add and update items in xTuple. I won’t post much about it and I won’t support it as I am not using xTuple any longer. I just figured someone out there might be able to use it. You’ll need to edit the config file if you do use…
Since I have trouble remembering what the members are of the EdmCmdData structs I wrote a helper class. Instead of mlObjectID1, mlObjectID2, etc, I am presented with the corresponding data for the struct. So instead of: foreach (EdmCmdData cmdData in data) { int fileId = cmdData.mlObjectID1; int parentFolderId = cmdData.mlObjectID3; IEdmFile5 file = (IEdmFile5)vault.GetObject(EdmObjectType.EdmObject_File, fileId);…