.dll Solidworks Add-in not registering in COM
- by Abhijit
I am trying to register this .dll in COM as an Add-in to Solid Works software.
The dll is building without any error or warnings.But the Add-in is not appearing
in the Windows "Registry Editor" as should be the case.Kindly suggest me a solution.
Thanks in advance.
Below is my code:-
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swcommands;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swpublished;
using SolidWorksTools;
using SolidWorksTools.File;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace SWADDIN_Test
{
[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid("C380F7A6-771A-41EE-807A-1689C8E97720")]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
interface ISWIntegration
{
void DoSWIntegration();
}//end of interface Dummy ISWIntegration
[Guid("5EE80911-9567-4734-8E55-C347EA4635B5")]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[ProgId("SWADDIN_Test.SWIntegration")]
[ComVisible(true)]
public class SWIntegration : ISwAddin,ISWIntegration
{
public SldWorks mSWApplication;
private int mSWCookie;
public SWIntegration()
{
mSWApplication = null;
mSWCookie = 0;
}//end of parameterless constructor
public void DoSWIntegration()
{ }//end of dummy method DoSWIntegration
public bool ConnectToSW(object ThisSW, int Cookie)
{
mSWApplication = (SldWorks)ThisSW;
mSWCookie = Cookie;
// Set-up add-in call back info
bool result = mSWApplication.SetAddinCallbackInfo(0, this, Cookie);
this.UISetup();
return true;
}//end of method ConnectToSW()
public bool DisconnectFromSW()
{
return UITeardown();
}//end of method DisconnectFromSW()
public void UISetup()
{ }//end of method UISetup()
public bool UITeardown()
{
return true;
}//end of method UITeardown()
[ComRegisterFunction()]//Attribute
private static void ComRegister(Type t)
{
string keyPath = String.Format(@"SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\AddIns{0:b}", t.GUID);
using (Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(keyPath))
{
rk.SetValue(null, 1);// Load at startup
rk.SetValue("Title", "Abhijit_SwAddin"); // Title
rk.SetValue("Description", "All your pixels now belong to us"); // Description
}//end of using statement
}//end of method ComRegister()
[ComUnregisterFunction()]//Attribute
private static void ComUnregister(Type t)
{
string keyPath = String.Format(@"SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\AddIns{0:b}", t.GUID);
Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.DeleteSubKeyTree(keyPath);
}//end of method ComUnregister()
}//end of class SWIntegration
}//end of namespace SWADDIN_Test
