Hello everyone and anyone, im a mech. eng. trying to create some applications for proengineer that can be ran from an excel file. Im looking for some insight into possible problems as to why i cant connect to a proe already opened session, which is basically the first in every tutorial...
My code thus far is very rudimentary yet i cannot get past the initial connection:
Sub proe_connect_to_opened_session()
Dim class_AsyncConn As IpfcAsyncConnection
Dim func_AsyncConn As pfcls.CCpfcAsyncConnection
Set func_AsyncConn = New CCpfcAsyncConnection
Set class_AsyncConn = func_AsyncConn.Connect("", "", ".", 5)
End Sub
I have "traced" the problem using breakpoints, and the crashing line is the last Set. The error for me is very generic in nature:
Run-time error '-2147352567 (8002009)':
Automation error
Exception occurred.
Lookin in WinError.h, i didnt find any explanation:
//
// MessageId: DISP_E_EXCEPTION
//
// MessageText:
//
// Exception occurred.
//
#define DISP_E_EXCEPTION _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x80020009L)
Microsoft says ..VSConstants::DISP_E_EXCEPTION Field:
This return value indicates that the call generated an exception. The usual implementation is to specify that an argument of the method that returned this error is a pointer to a structure that contains exception information.
But i cannot dig any deeper than this, i dont know how to check for the pointer and the exception.
I have set the PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE and PRO_DIRECTORY global variables and registered the server with vb_api_register.bat. Nmsd.exe and pro_com_msg.exe are also running and while running the code it also opens pfclscom.exe for a while.
If i have not lost your interest until this point by making you read so much, please offer some insight as to why this is happening and how can it be made to work properly.
Thank you very much : )