solidworks object

I have a database (pdm type app.) that fisrtly tries to create the
solidworks object to see if SW is installed or not (done thro vb6)

- set swapp=createobject("solidworks.application")

The trouble is that it can also create an object for the solidworks
viewer.
The only difference i can see is that Sw returns 0.0.0 revision and the
viewer returns 0.0 revision.

Anybody got a better routine for determining what type of solidworks is
running?

many thanks
nigel

 

You could read registry information (e.g., stuff in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\Security )

Regards,
Brenda

 

Nigel,

To create the SolidWorks application object in VB6, I believe you need
to use the following:

Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")

Below you had "SolidWorks.Application"

Also, the SolidWorks Viewer's API is disabled. The code above should
not create a pointer to the SW Viewer.

I believe the you can check the Error number in the Err object in VB6
to determine is the SW object was successfully created. I don't
remember the exact code to do this but I have seen this done before.

As I was writing this message, I tested your code
"SolidWorks.Application". This also works. Hmmm.... I never
remember this to be the call to create a SW object. Can anyone
explain why both of these work??? Maybe it is because I have both
SW2003 and SW2004 installed on my computer???

Thanks,

Steve

 

Interesting...
I tried it with declaring swApp as a specific type of SldWorks.SldWorks, and
I got a type mismatch on the
CreateObject("SolidWorks.Application")
If I just used Dim swApp As Object, then there was no error, but I didn't
get anything coming up either (as I don't have the SW Viewer installed on
this computer). Is the "SolidWorks.Application" specifically used to refer
to the viewer?
.... but Nigel and Steve, did you say that you were able to use it to bring
up regular SW? I'm not getting that result (tested while referencing the
SW2003 sldworks.tlb).

-- Brenda
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It was using the ("SldWorks.Application") line, and on a machine with
only the viewer installed
sRevNum = swApp.RevisionNumber does seem to work

ps is it easy to read the reg info?

-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda D. Bosley [mailto:]
Posted At: 04 December 2003 19:37
Posted To: solidworks
Conversation: solidworks object
Subject: Re: solidworks object


You could read registry information (e.g., stuff in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\Security )

Regards,
Brenda

 

You can do so (read reg info) by making use of the Win API call
RegQueryValueEx. Declare it, and then you can make use of it. You should
be able to find more detailed explanation of the parameters on
msdn.microsoft.com:

Public Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA"
(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long,
ByVal samDesired As Long, ByRef phkResult As Long) As Long

I was thinking you could read something that would be unique to SolidWorks,
such as the serial number. On further consideration, though, this would
tell you if "real" SolidWorks is installed. It wouldn't necessarily
identify if that's the session you've attached to. So maybe this doesn't do
much to address your question after all. The SW Viewer API is officially
not supported, to the extent that it exists. I'm not really sure what would
make a reliable distinction. Perhaps a call to an API that you've
determined is definitely NOT supported in SW Viewer?

on error resume next
err.clear
'Make your distinctive API call here.
'If it generates an error then you know you've got viewer instead of true SW
if err <> 0 then msgbox "Hey, this isn't SolidWorks!"


--Brenda

 

Brenda,

OK, I tested again and this is what worked for me in VB6 and SW VBA:

Set swApp = CreateObject("SldWorks.Application")

this didn't worked in VB6 or SW VBA:

Set swApp = CreateObject("SolidWorks.application")

In my previous post I was mistaken.

As far as the SW Viewer is concerned, the API support tips on the
Solidworks Subscription service webpages states that the API for the
Sw Viewer is disabled.

Steve