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How to make an EPDM add-in show a VB form on postadd event?

Question asked by 1-I4GCE2 on Sep 10, 2009
Latest reply on Sep 11, 2009 by 1-A5CHD1

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I am creating an add-in for Enterprise PDM 2009.

I can create and manage the hooks to capture the event. However the only problem that I'm having is getting the add-in to display a VB form that I have created.

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I have a postadd hook that is currently generating a messagebox when a file is added to the vault, however, I am wanting it to show a form (currently named Form1) that I've generated in VB.net

I have tried several options with no luck.

What code should I use to display this form?

Thanks,

Michael

Jeff Sweeney Sep 10, 2009 9:14 PM

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There are a few ways. Here is what I think is the simplest.

Dim objForm As Form1 = New Form1
objForm.ShowDialog()

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Jeff Sweeney Sep 10, 2009 9:14 PM

There are a few ways. Here is what I think is the simplest.

Dim objForm As Form1 = New Form1
objForm.ShowDialog()

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1-I4GCE2 @ Jeff Sweeney on Sep 10, 2009 10:31 PM

Thank you for the info. That's awesome. It displayed correctly. Now I'm going to strive to send and receive information from the form.

I use to do a lot of progrmming in VB5 and VB6, but I'm new to .NET and the whole add-ins for SW programs.

Thanks again...

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1-A5CHD1 @ 1-I4GCE2 on Sep 11, 2009 9:44 AM

Don't forget to set the owner of the form, otherwise it may lose focus if the user clicks on another window.

Form1 myForm = new Form1();
System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window owner = (System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window)vault.GetWin32Window(edmCmd.mlParentWnd);
myForm.ShowDialog(owner);

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Jeff Sweeney @ 1-A5CHD1 on Sep 11, 2009 10:21 AM

Is the owner needed for VB? I thought that was something VB took care of for you.

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1-I4GCE2 @ 1-A5CHD1 on Sep 11, 2009 10:41 AM

So is this what's causing my form to appear behind my windows explorer window??

Also, why I call my form, the add-in doesn't seem to stop and wait for my response on the form. What can I do to force it to stop and wait for the input on the form, then once OK is clicked continue on??

Sorry for newbie questions..

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1-A5CHD1 @ 1-I4GCE2 on Sep 11, 2009 10:50 AM

Yep. See the documentation on ShowDialog, and note the DialogResult.

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There are a few ways. Here is what I think is the simplest.

Dim objForm As Form1 = New Form1
objForm.ShowDialog()
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- 1-I4GCE2 @ Jeff Sweeney on Sep 10, 2009 10:31 PM
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  Thank you for the info. That's awesome. It displayed correctly. Now I'm going to strive to send and receive information from the form.
  
  I use to do a lot of progrmming in VB5 and VB6, but I'm new to .NET and the whole add-ins for SW programs.
  
  Thanks again...
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  - 1-A5CHD1 @ 1-I4GCE2 on Sep 11, 2009 9:44 AM
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    Don't forget to set the owner of the form, otherwise it may lose focus if the user clicks on another window.
    
    Form1 myForm = new Form1(); System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window owner = (System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window)vault.GetWin32Window(edmCmd.mlParentWnd); myForm.ShowDialog(owner);
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    - Jeff Sweeney @ 1-A5CHD1 on Sep 11, 2009 10:21 AM
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      Is the owner needed for VB? I thought that was something VB took care of for you.
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    - 1-I4GCE2 @ 1-A5CHD1 on Sep 11, 2009 10:41 AM
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      So is this what's causing my form to appear behind my windows explorer window??
      
      Also, why I call my form, the add-in doesn't seem to stop and wait for my response on the form. What can I do to force it to stop and wait for the input on the form, then once OK is clicked continue on??
      
      Sorry for newbie questions..
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      - 1-A5CHD1 @ 1-I4GCE2 on Sep 11, 2009 10:50 AM
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        Yep. See the documentation on ShowDialog, and note the DialogResult.
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