/// <summary>
/// Asynchronous version of MainForm_Load.
/// </summary>
private void MainForm_Load_Async()
{
toolStripStatusLabel.Text = "Connecting to Solid Edge to get a copy of DraftPrintUtility settings.";
SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;
try
{
// Connect to or start Solid Edge.
application = SolidEdgeUtils.Connect(true, true);
// Minimize Solid Edge.
//application.WindowState = (int)FormWindowState.Minimized;
// Get a copy of the settings for use as a template.
customListView._draftPrintUtilityOptions = new DraftPrintUtilityOptions(application);
// Enable UI.
toolStrip.Enabled = true;
customListView.Enabled = true;
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
finally
{
if (application != null)
{
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(application);
}
}
toolStripStatusLabel.Text = "Tip: You can drag folders and files into the ListView.";
}
public void DoPrint(string filename, DraftPrintUtilityOptions options)
{
SolidEdgeFramework.Application application = null;
SolidEdgeFramework.Documents documents = null;
SolidEdgeDraft.DraftDocument draftDocument = null;
SolidEdgeDraft.DraftPrintUtility draftPrintUtility = null;
// Copy all of the settings from DraftPrintUtilityOptions to the DraftPrintUtility object.
CopyOptions(draftPrintUtility, options);
OleMessageFilter.Register();
try
{
// Connect to or start Solid Edge.
application = SolidEdgeUtils.Connect(true);
// Get a reference to the Documents collection.
documents = application.Documents;
// Get a reference to the DraftPrintUtility.
draftPrintUtility = (SolidEdgeDraft.DraftPrintUtility)application.GetDraftPrintUtility();
// 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();
}
}
}