API, addins, FileSavePostNotify

Hi,

just exploring how to create addins with VB6 and can't figure out how to
handle drawing events:

Dim WithEvents swDrawing As SldWorks.DrawingDoc

Private Function swDrawing_FileSavePostNotify(ByVal saveType As Long,
ByVal FileName As String) As Long
MsgBox "works"
End Function


this gives me nothing, no error, nothing. If I use FileOpenNotify it
works...what's the trick with FileSavePostNotify?

 

I've found the performance of "_FileSavePostNotify" to be spotty at
times. It's almost as if it can plowed under by other activity. For
example, if all files in an assembly are saving, sometimes the
notification gets missed.

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One more thing to check:

When you invoke "WithEvents" to Dim an object, that object's events
should be available in the drop-down list at the top of your code
window. If the object and events aren't there, something isn't working
right.

Are other notifications working? Have you tried defining your
SolidWorks application object using WithEvents, as well (i.e. "Dim
WithEvents swApp as SldWorks.SldWorks")?

 

Got some help from SW Api-support:

You have to use DocumentLoadNotify to reattach to event handlers, then it
works. Code is the same when you attach to the document