API VBA: Opening a Document

I was just adding ViewOnly and Lightweight to my custom Open dialogue and
run into two issues.

1) I don't see any option to open lightweight there at all do you have to
handle this separately or is it just unavailable.

2) I noticed that in OpenDoc6 two of the options are View Only and Read Only
I always thought these were the same could anyone explain the difference.

TIA

Corey Scheich

 

2) I noticed that in OpenDoc6 two of the options are View Only and Read Only

Read-Only: You can modify the thing but cant save it.
View-Only: You cant modify it or save it (haa haa)

View-Only basically opens just the model view window: there is no feature tree,
no feature menus or toobars available.

In Read Only, the user can chomp away at your model but has to 'saveas'....

 

Ok I may have a round about way of doing this if there is no known solution.
I thought I might beable to accomplish this by changing the Options for
Large Assembly Mode to

Threshhold = 1 part
and Prompt = Never

Then after opening the assembly or upon cancel flip them back to the
origional settings.

Does anyone know of any possible undesired affects by going this route.
Essentially turning on Large Assembly Mode causing the model to
automatically open Lightweight.

Corey Scheich

 

You may wish to check out the following API commands/settings:

AssemblyDoc.MakeLightWeight
AssemblyDoc.ResolveAllLightWeightComponents

swapp.SetUserPreferenceToggle (swAutoLoadPartsLightweight)
swapp.SetUserPreferenceToggle (swLargeAsmModeAutoLoadLightweight)
swapp.SetUserPreferenceToggle (swAutoLoadPartsLightweight)

 

I think that is what I was looking for. Thanks. Is there a way to search
the help for partial words.

Corey

 

Is there a way to search the help for partial words.

The help? No, it seems to fail on partial words.
The Object browser? YES.

What is the object browser? Well, if you are using early binding, you
have access to it... if you're not sure if you are using early
binding, then record a dummy SW macro, and open it for edit. (SW adds
early binding references automagically.)


In the VBA window. click "View", then "Object Browser". In the window
that pops up, there is a drop down box in the upper left, and another
directly underneath it.

Click on the (2nd) drop downbox underneath and type in a partial
search word.(say, "LightWeight")

Now click the binoculars icon that is directly to the right of the
drop down box

The third window, underneath the second window, is the "Search
Results" window, and it shows you the 'hits' that it found. The first
'hit' I have from a search for "LightWeight" was :

SldWorks AssemblyDoc GetLightWeightComponentCount

when I click on this to highlight it, I can then look at the very
bottom of the Object Browser window, and it gives me a syntax, and a
definition:

Function GetLightWeightComponentCount() As Long
Member of SldWorks.AssemblyDoc
Counts the lightweight components in the assembly


This bottom portion MAY scroll down and have more information , so
make sure
to check the scrollbar to the right of this bottommost part of the
Object Browser.

You can then search the help for a more in-depth defintion now that
you have the full command name.

 

Funny I normaly think to do all that but I guess I expected it to be in
close reference to the OpenDoc6.

thank you for your help much appreciated.

Corey Scheich.

 

OK I wrote that in the code and it works great. Thanks again.

this was the only one I needed to open a document lightweight

Corey

 

FYI when using view only you have to pass a Null string for the
configuration or OpenDoc6 doesn't work, and it will only open a 3d graphic
of the last saved config.

'saveas'....