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Retrieves the UID of the Part or Assembly linked to the current drawing, based on the active save context. This method checks if the drawing is being processed in a Save As–related context (e.g., SAVE_AS, GET_FILENAME_BEFORE_SAVEAS, or SAVE_AS_LINKED_DRAWING). It then verifies the saved configuration and attempts to resolve the UID of the associated component.

Namespace: MwPDMApi
Assembly: MwPDMApi (in MwPDMApi.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function GetThisDrawingComponentUid ( _ ByRef compUid As String _ ) As Boolean

Visual Basic

Public Function GetThisDrawingComponentUid ( _

ByRef compUid As String _
) As Boolean

C#
public bool GetThisDrawingComponentUid( ref string compUid )

public bool GetThisDrawingComponentUid(

ref string compUid
)

Visual C++
public: bool GetThisDrawingComponentUid( String^% compUid )

Visual C++

public:

bool GetThisDrawingComponentUid(
String^% compUid
)

JavaScript
function getThisDrawingComponentUid(compUid);

Parameters

compUid

Type: System.String
[ByRef] Returns the UID of the linked Part or Assembly if found; otherwise, an empty string.

Return Value

True if the linked component UID was successfully retrieved; otherwise, False.