private bool ConnectToSolidEdge()
{
ComPtr pApplication = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
if (MarshalEx.Succeeded(MarshalEx.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application", out pApplication)))
{
_application = pApplication.TryGetUniqueRCW <SolidEdgeFramework.Application>();
_connectionPointController.AdviseSink <SolidEdgeFramework.ISEApplicationEvents>(_application);
commandBrowser.ActiveEnvironment = _application.GetActiveEnvironment();
globalParameterBrowser.RefreshGlobalParameters();
objectBrowser.Connect();
// Older versions of Solid Edge don't have the ProcessID property.
try
{
processBrowser.ProcessId = _application.ProcessID;
}
catch
{
}
return(true);
}
}
catch
{
GlobalExceptionHandler.HandleException();
}
finally
{
pApplication.Dispose();
}
return(false);
}