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 strMaterial As String = "Copper"
        Dim iMatPropIndex As SolidEdgeConstants.MatTablePropIndexConstants
        Dim varGetPropVal As Object = Nothing
        Dim strMessage As String

        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
            objDocument = objApp.Documents.Add("SolidEdge.PartDocument")
            
            ' Get material table object handle
            objMatTable = objApp.GetMaterialTable()

            ' Set active document handle
            objMatTable.SetActiveDocument(objDocument)
            strMaterial = "ABS Plastic, high impact"
            objMatTable.ApplyMaterialToDoc(objDocument, strMaterial, strLibrary)

            iMatPropIndex = SolidEdgeConstants.MatTablePropIndexConstants.seMaterialName
            objMatTable.GetMaterialPropValueFromDoc(objDocument, iMatPropIndex, varGetPropVal)
            strMessage = String.Format("Material Name = {0}", varGetPropVal.ToString())
            MsgBox(strMessage)

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

    End Sub

End Class