SW 2005 dwgEditor API

hi,
does anyone have any sample API code (VB) for SW 2005 dwgEditor - I want to
be able to use the API to save drawings as a dxf

Thanks
Emma

 

Do you really need the drawing editor to do this? I thought you could
export DXF from the main SW API.

 

I want to be able to batch export dwg files (from autocad) or convert a
drawing someone has done in the editor to dxf.



I have created a utility to convert to a dxf from the main SW API - but not
from the editor. How do you call the editor to even open?



Thanks

 

Sorry. My SW2005 is still in the box awaiting SP 1.0.

It's possible that SW didn't make any API available for the Dwg Editor,
just like SW Explorer.

 

Emma,

Here is the code to connect to DWGEditor from VB(A):

Option Explicit

Public objIcad As DWGEditor.Application
Public ActiveDrawing As DWGEditor.Document
'// START ACTIVE X CONNECTION //
Public Function Connect() As Boolean
Dim IcadRunning As Boolean
On Error GoTo Err_Control
IcadRunning = IsICADOpen()
If IcadRunning Then
Set objIcad = GetObject(, "DWGEditor.Application")
Else
Set objIcad = CreateObject("DWGEditor.Application")
End If
objIcad.Visible = True
Set ActiveDrawing = objIcad.ActiveDocument
Connect = True
Exit_Here:
Exit Function
Err_Control:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Here
End Function

Function IsICADOpen() As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
Set objIcad = GetObject(, "DWGEditor.Application")
IsICADOpen = (Err.Number = 0)
Set objIcad = Nothing
Err.Clear
End Function

HTH,

Bert