By Adam Nagy
This is the C++ version of this blog post: http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/01/calling-translator-add-in-from-external-application.html
static HRESULT SaveToIges()
{
HRESULT Result = NOERROR;
// Access Inventor
CLSID InvAppClsid;
Result = CLSIDFromProgID (L"Inventor.Application", &InvAppClsid);
if (FAILED(Result)) return Result;
CComPtr<IUnknown> pInvAppUnk;
Result = ::GetActiveObject (InvAppClsid, NULL, &pInvAppUnk);
if (FAILED (Result))
_tprintf_s(_T("*** Could not get hold of an active Inventor application ***\n"));
if (FAILED(Result)) return Result;
CComPtr<Application> pInvApp;
Result = pInvAppUnk->QueryInterface(
__uuidof(Application), (void **) &pInvApp);
if (FAILED(Result)) return Result;
// Get current document
CComPtr<Document> pDoc;
pInvApp->get_ActiveDocument(&pDoc);
// Find the translator addin
CComPtr<ApplicationAddIns> pAddIns;
pInvApp->get_ApplicationAddIns(&pAddIns);
CComPtr<TranslatorAddIn> pAddIn;
pAddIns->get_ItemById(
_bstr_t("{90AF7F44-0C01-11D5-8E83-0010B541CD80}"),
(ApplicationAddIn**)&pAddIn);
if (pAddIn == NULL)
{
_tprintf_s(_T("*** Could not find the translator addin ***\n"));
return E_FAIL;
}
// Set it up
CComPtr<TransientObjects> pTr;
pInvApp->get_TransientObjects(&pTr);
CComPtr<TranslationContext> pContext;
pTr->CreateTranslationContext(&pContext);
pContext->put_Type(IOMechanismEnum::kFileBrowseIOMechanism);
CComPtr<DataMedium> pMedium;
pTr->CreateDataMedium(&pMedium);
pMedium->put_FileName(_bstr_t("c:\\temp\\file.igs"));
CComPtr<NameValueMap> pOptions;
pTr->CreateNameValueMap(&pOptions);
VARIANT_BOOL hasOptions;
pAddIn->get_HasSaveCopyAsOptions(
pDoc, pContext, pOptions, &hasOptions);
if (hasOptions == VARIANT_TRUE)
{
CComVariant num1(1, VT_I4);
pOptions->put_Value(_bstr_t("GeometryType"), num1);
CComVariant num0(0, VT_I4);
pOptions->put_Value(_bstr_t("SolidFaceType"), num0);
pOptions->put_Value(_bstr_t("SurfaceType"), num0);
}
pAddIn->SaveCopyAs(pDoc, pContext, pOptions, pMedium);
return Result;
}
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HRESULT Result = NOERROR;
Result = CoInitialize (NULL);
if (SUCCEEDED(Result))
Result = SaveToIges();
CoUninitialize();
return 0;
}
