Problem Building a standalone SolidWorks-based application

Hello,

I'm trying to build a standalone application based on SolidWorks
and I'm facing some problems when I try to use the sample code that is
included in solidworks API documentation. It seems that I manage to
launch an instance of SolidWorks but I don't manage to perform further
operations (like loading an IGES file or getting the ModelDoc object) :
I get error codes. I post here very simple sample that launches a
SolidWorks instance but doesn't manage to perform LoadFile2 or
get_IActiveDoc2 ...

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <direct.h>
#include <tchar.h>



#include <atlbase.h>


#import "C:\\Program Files\SolidWorks\\sldworks.tlb"
raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids
//Import the SolidWorks type library

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])

{

CoInitialize(NULL); //Initialize COM

CComPtr<ISldWorks> swApp; //Use ATL smart pointers

CComPtr<IModelDoc2> ModelDoc;

VARIANT_BOOL res;

HRESULT hres = swApp.CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(SldWorks), NULL,
CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER); //Create an instance of SolidWorks

hres = swApp->LoadFile2(bstr_t ("a.sldprt"),bstr_t (""),&res);

hres = swApp->get_IActiveDoc2 (&ModelDoc);


swApp->ExitApp();

swApp = NULL;

CoUninitialize();

return 0;

}



Thanks for your help,

 

Hello Arno,

What compiler are you using VC++ 6.0?

Best regards,

Bob Hanson
Senion SolidWorks API Solutions Provider
Centare Group Ltd.
www.centare.com

 

I use VC ++ 6.0 indeed. I think I should try maybe under .NET ?!

 

Hello Arno,

It would be much easier

Bob Hanson
Senior SolidWorks API Solutions Provider
Centare Group Ltd.
www.centare.com