StartCommand Method

Activates a specified Solid Edge command.

Visual Basic
Public Sub StartCommand( _ ByVal CommandID As SolidEdgeCommandConstants _ )

CommandID

Value	Description
seAssemblyPlacePartCommand	Place Part command
seAssemblySelectCommand	Select command
seConvertCommand
seDraftSelectCommand	Draft Select command
sePartInsertPartCommand	Insert Part command
sePartSelectCommand	Part Select command
seRefreshViewCommand	Refresh View Command
seSheetMetalSelectCommand	SheetMetal Select command
seSurfaceVisualCommand	Surface Visual Command

A constant that specifies the ID of the Solid Edge command to start. The constant can be a member of:

Any constant from any of these sets is valid, as long as the environment to which the constant set belongs is active.

Example (VB.NET)
Example (C#)

Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Namespace Examples
    Friend Class Program
        <STAThread>
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim application As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing

            Try
                ' See "Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors" topic.
                OleMessageFilter.Register()

                ' Attempt to connect to a running instance of Solid Edge.
                application = DirectCast(Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application"), SolidEdgeFramework.Application)

                application.StartCommand(SolidEdgeFramework.SolidEdgeCommandConstants.sePartSelectCommand)
            Catch ex As System.Exception
                Console.WriteLine(ex)
            Finally
                OleMessageFilter.Unregister()
            End Try
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Examples
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;

            try
            {
                // See "Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors" topic.
                OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Attempt to connect to a running instance of Solid Edge.
                application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");

                application.StartCommand(SolidEdgeFramework.SolidEdgeCommandConstants.sePartSelectCommand);
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Unregister();
            }
        }
    }
}

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