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Introduction

TopSolid Automating Examples available from GitHub contains a project dedicated to the creation of custom controls. They can be used be used on a Winforms Application to develop applications for TopSolid software.

Overview of TopSolid Custom Controls

Three different custom Controls are included into this project:

  • PDMTreeView

This control displays the PDM content of the current working project. It derives from a basic TreeView. Custom properties added are:

  • Multiple check: allow user to select more than one item in the treeview (you will have to activate checkboxes at first)

  • DocumentTypes: An array where user can specify which are the document types to display.

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  • DocumentSelector

    This control displays a list of document from the current working project. It derives from a basic ListView. Custom properties added are:

    • DocumentExtension : allow user to filter on a specific document type

    • SearchDocumentOptions: specify where to look for the reseached document types. Available options are : NONE, ALL, CURRENT_PROJECT, WORKING_PROJECTS, LIBRAIRIES, CURRENT_PROJECT_AND_REFERENCES

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  • ProjectSelector

    This control displays a list of projects from current PDM. It derives from a basic Combobox. Custom property added is: -ProjectSelectionType: specify which projects have to be displayed into the list. Available options are : WORKING_PROJECTS, LIBRAIRIES, ALL

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How to use custom controls ?

Just drag controls from form designer toolbox to your form.