FindWhereUsedDocuments Method

Description

Find where used for given files.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function FindWhereUsedDocuments( _ ByVal DocumentPathName As Variant, _ ByRef psalistOfDirectories() As Variant, _ ByVal IncludeSubFolders As Boolean, _ ByRef psaFilterList() As Variant _ ) As Variant

Visual Basic

Public Function FindWhereUsedDocuments( _
   ByVal DocumentPathName As Variant, _
   ByRef psalistOfDirectories() As Variant, _
   ByVal IncludeSubFolders As Boolean, _
   ByRef psaFilterList() As Variant _
) As Variant

Parameters

DocumentPathName: Solid Edge Document for which you need to look for Where Used results.
- Expected complete path.
- Can be network/local location
- Can be from indexed/or non indexed location
Example –
C:\OS-UI\Part1ASM.par
psalistOfDirectories: Directories where we want to search for Where Used results.
- Scope of where used query
- Multiple paths are allowed.
- Can be network/local location
- Folder can be indexed/non-indexed as well
IncludeSubFolders: Flag to indicate whether subdirectories needs to be searched or no for finding the results.
psaFilterList: List mentioning about extensions to be considered as Where Used Results.

Example

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.IO

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim objApp As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing    
        Dim arrDirs(0 To 1) As Object
        Dim docPath As FileInfo = New FileInfo("D:\Large Assembly\Part1.par")
        Dim arrFilterList(0 To 1) As Object
        Dim arrResults() As Object
        Try
            ' Get the application with specific settings
            objApp = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")
            arrDirs(0) = "D:\Large Assembly"
            arrFilterList(0) = "*.asm"
            arrFilterList(1) = "*.dft"
            arrResults = objApp.FindWhereUsedDocuments(docPath, arrDirs, True, arrFilterList)
           
        Catch ex As Exception
           
        Finally
           
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;

public class Form1
{

    private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SolidEdgeFramework.Application objApp = null;
        object[] arrDirs = new object[2];
        FileInfo docPath = new FileInfo("D:\\Large Assembly\\Part1.par");
        object[] arrFilterList = new object[2];
        object[] arrResults = null;
        try
        {
            // Get the application with specific settings
            objApp = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
            arrDirs[0] = "D:\\Large Assembly";
            arrFilterList[0] = "*.asm";
            arrFilterList[1] = "*.dft";
            arrResults = objApp.FindWhereUsedDocuments(docPath, arrDirs, true, arrFilterList);

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

        }
        finally
        {

        }

    }

    public Form1()
    {
        SubscribeToEvents();
    }

//Converted event handler wireups:
    private bool EventsSubscribed = false;
    private void SubscribeToEvents()
    {
        if (EventsSubscribed)
            return;
        else
            EventsSubscribed = true;

        Button1.Click += Button1_Click;
        Button1.Click += Button1_Click;
        Button1.Click += Button1_Click;
        Button1.Click += Button1_Click;
    }

}