Example #1
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        void PrintInternal(string filename, DraftPrintUtilityOptions options)
        {
            SolidEdgeFramework.Application   application       = null;
            SolidEdgeFramework.Documents     documents         = null;
            SolidEdgeDraft.DraftDocument     draftDocument     = null;
            SolidEdgeDraft.DraftPrintUtility draftPrintUtility = null;

            try
            {
                // Register with OLE to handle concurrency issues on the current thread.
                SolidEdgeCommunity.OleMessageFilter.Register();

                // Connect to or start Solid Edge.
                application = SolidEdgeCommunity.SolidEdgeUtils.Connect(true);

                // Make sure Solid Edge is visible.
                application.Visible = true;

                // Get a reference to the Documents collection.
                documents = application.Documents;

                // Get a reference to the DraftPrintUtility.
                draftPrintUtility = (SolidEdgeDraft.DraftPrintUtility)application.GetDraftPrintUtility();

                // Copy all of the settings from DraftPrintUtilityOptions to the DraftPrintUtility object.
                CopyOptions(draftPrintUtility, options);

                // Open the document.
                draftDocument = (SolidEdgeDraft.DraftDocument)documents.Open(filename);

                // Give Solid Edge time to process.
                application.DoIdle();

                // Add the draft document to the queue.
                draftPrintUtility.AddDocument(draftDocument);

                // Print out.
                draftPrintUtility.PrintOut();

                // Cleanup queue.
                draftPrintUtility.RemoveAllDocuments();
            }
            catch
            {
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                // Make sure we close the document.
                if (draftDocument != null)
                {
                    draftDocument.Close();
                }

                SolidEdgeCommunity.OleMessageFilter.Register();
            }
        }
 public DraftPrintUtilityOptions(SolidEdgeFramework.Application application)
     : this((SolidEdgeDraft.DraftPrintUtility)application.GetDraftPrintUtility())
 {
 }