Starting Solid Edge

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

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 Dim objType As Type = Nothing Try 'Old VB6 Syntax 'objApp = CreateObject("SolidEdge.Application") OleMessageFilter.Register() ' Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID objType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application") ' Start Solid Edge objApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(objType) ' Make Solid Edge visible objApplication.Visible = True Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine(ex.Message) Finally OleMessageFilter.Revoke() End Try End Sub End Module

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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

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

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

            OleMessageFilter.Register()

            ' Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID
            objType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application")

            ' Start Solid Edge
            objApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(objType)

            ' Make Solid Edge visible
            objApplication.Visible = True

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

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using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace SolidEdge.SDK { class Program { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null; Type type = null; try { OleMessageFilter.Register(); // Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application"); // Start Solid Edge application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application) Activator.CreateInstance(type); // Make Solid Edge visible application.Visible = true; } catch (System.Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } finally { OleMessageFilter.Revoke(); } } } }

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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

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

            try
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Get the type from the Solid Edge ProgID
                type = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SolidEdge.Application");

                // Start Solid Edge
                application = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)
                  Activator.CreateInstance(type);

                // Make Solid Edge visible
                application.Visible = true;
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                OleMessageFilter.Revoke();
            }
        }
    }
}