GetMaterialListFromLibrary Method

Description

This API will return the list of materials from a specific library. The library can be full path or only name of the library file.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub GetMaterialListFromLibrary( _ ByVal bstrLibraryName As String, _ ByRef plNumMaterials As Long, _ ByRef listOfMaterials As Variant _ )

Parameters

bstrLibraryName: Specify name of Material Library as string from which you want to get material list.
plNumMaterials: Returns total number of materials as integer.
listOfMaterials: Returns list of materials as an array.

Example

Example (VB.NET)

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing
        Dim objType As Type = Nothing
        Dim objMatTable As SolidEdgeFramework.MatTable = Nothing
        Dim strLibrary As String = "Materials"
        Dim objDocument As SolidEdgePart.PartDocument = Nothing
        Dim strMessage As String
        Dim strMaterial As String
        Dim varGetPropVal As Object = Nothing
        Dim varSerPropVal As Object = Nothing
        Dim listOfMaterials As Object = Nothing
        Dim numMaterials As Long
        Try
            ' Get SE handle
            objApp = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")

            If objApp Is Nothing Then
                ' Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID
                objType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application")
                ' Start Solid Edge
                objApp = Activator.CreateInstance(objType)
                ' Make Solid Edge visible
                objApp.Visible = True
            End If


            ' Get material table object handle
            objMatTable = objApp.GetMaterialTable()

            ' Get document handle
            objDocument = objApp.Documents.Add("SolidEdge.PartDocument")



            'Get material list
            objMatTable.GetMaterialListFromLibrary(strLibrary, numMaterials, listOfMaterials)

            strMessage = String.Format("Number of materials -->{0}", numMaterials)
            MsgBox(strMessage)
            strMaterial = listOfMaterials(5)
            strMessage = String.Format("5th Material is --> {0}", strMaterial)
            MsgBox(strMessage)

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString)
        End Try

    End Sub

End Class