Working with VSTA Projects

You can create VSTA projects or open existing VSTA projects.

This task shows you how to:

Create a VSTA Project

You can create a VSTA project.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Macros....
  2. In the Macros dialog box, click the Macro libraries... button.
  3. In the Macros libraries dialog box, from the Library type list, select PLM VSTA projects, then click Create new library....
  4. In the New VSTA project dialog box, select the Macro language and click OK.

    The macro language can be:

    • C#
    • VB.Net

  5. A default macro library title is provided in the Title field but you can enter a new title and click OK.

    A progress bar appears while the new project is created in the ENOVIA V6 database.

  6. In the Macro libraries dialog box, click Close to load the project into Visual Studio.

    Loading the project will take a few seconds.

Open an Existing VSTA Project

You can open an existing VSTA project.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Macros....
  2. In the Macros dialog box, click the Macro libraries... button.
  3. To display the Macro library browser, Macros libraries dialog box, from the Library type list, select PLM VSTA projects then click Add existing library... .
  4. In the search field, type your search string and click the Search button.

    Note: You cannot use the wildcard * alone to display all the projects saved in the database.

  5. From the result list, select a project.
  6. In the Macro libraries dialog box, click Close to load the project into Visual Studio.

    Loading the project will take a few seconds.