FindWhereUsedDocuments Method

Description

Method to search for where used results with the help of windows based indexing mechanism.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function FindWhereUsedDocuments( _ ByVal DocumentPathName As Variant, _ ByRef DocumentsUsedByList As Variant _ ) As Object

Parameters

DocumentPathName: Declare as FileInfo. Complete path of Solid Edge Document for which you need to look for Where Used results.
Complete path can be network location too.
DocumentsUsedByList: Returns list of Where Used results(files) found via API. The list contains complete path of the file.
Note that the paths can be network/local locations. Multiple paths are returned if applicable.

Example

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System.IO

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim application As DesignManager.Application = Nothing
        Dim strPath As FileInfo = New FileInfo("D:\Large Assembly\Part1.par") 
        Dim arrDocUsed() As Object

        Try
            application = New DesignManager.Application()
            application.Visible = True
            application.WhereUsedCriteria(Nothing, True) = "D:\Large Assembly"
            application.FindWhereUsedDocuments(strPath, arrDocUsed)

        Catch ex As System.Exception
            MsgBox(ex.ToString)
        Finally
            application.Quit()
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

public class Form1
{

    private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DesignManager.Application application = null;
        FileInfo strPath = new FileInfo("D:\\Large Assembly\\Part1.par");
        object[] arrDocUsed = null;

        try
        {
            application = new DesignManager.Application();
            application.Visible = true;
            application.WhereUsedCriteria(null, true) = "D:\\Large Assembly";
            application.FindWhereUsedDocuments(strPath, arrDocUsed);

        }
        catch (System.Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            application.Quit();
        }

    }
}