Connecting To Solid Edge

You may still use the familiar GetObject() method from the Visual Basic 6 days if you'd like. In Visual Basic .NET, GetObject() simply calls Marshal.GetActiveObject. This is important to understand because GetObject() is a language specific feature of Visual Basic .NET. No other .NET language has a comparable feature. The other .NET languages must rely on Marshal.GetActiveObject.

See Handling 'Application is Busy' and 'Call was Rejected By Callee' errors for information regarding the use of OleMessageFilter.

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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Module Program <STAThread()> _ Sub Main() Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing Try 'Old VB6 Syntax 'objApp = GetObject(, "SolidEdge.Application") OleMessageFilter.Register() ' Connect to a running instance of Solid Edge objApplication = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application") Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine(ex.Message) Finally OleMessageFilter.Revoke() End Try End Sub End Module

Connecting To Solid Edge from Visual Basic .NET

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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Module Program
    <STAThread()> _
    Sub Main()
        Dim objApplication As SolidEdgeFramework.Application = Nothing

        Try
            'Old VB6 Syntax
            'objApp = GetObject(, "SolidEdge.Application")

            OleMessageFilter.Register()

            ' Connect to a running instance of Solid Edge
            objApplication = Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application")

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        Finally
            OleMessageFilter.Revoke()
        End Try
    End Sub
End Module

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using Examples; using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace SolidEdge.SDK { class Program { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null; try { OleMessageFilter.Register(); // Connect to a running instance of Solid Edge application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application) Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application"); } catch (System.Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } finally { OleMessageFilter.Revoke(); } } } }

Connecting To Solid Edge from C#

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using Examples;
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace SolidEdge.SDK
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;

            try
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Connect to a running instance of Solid Edge
                application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)
                    Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Revoke();
            }
        }
    }
}