$dsWindow Variable for Data Standard

The $dsWindow variable can be used to access the ViewModel of a dialog or custom tabs.

Type

• Type in the context of Dialogs: System.Windows.Window
• Type in the context of Custom Tabs: System.Windows.Controls.UserControl

Accessing the ViewModel of a Dialog

The data ViewModel of a dialog can be accessed by the DataContext member of $dsWindow. Since the DataContext isn't initialized by the time the InitializeWindow functions is called, the event DataContextChanged can be used to retrieve the ViewModel.

Example

function InitializeWindow
{
    $dsWindow.add_DataContextChanged({
        param($sender,-$eventargs)
        $viewModel = $dsWindow.DataContext
    })
}

ViewModel Types

MainViewModel

Valid for: Data Standard for Vault, Data Standard for AutoCAD

Available Collections:

• • No Collections available, since the view contains only a single document.

CableAndHarnessViewModel

Valid for: Data Standard for Inventor

Available Collections:

• HarnessAssemblies
• HarnessParts

DesignAcceleratorViewModel

Valid for: Data Standard for Inventor

Available Collections:

• DesignAcceleratorAssemblies
• DesignAcceleratorParts

FrameGeneratorViewModel

Valid for: Data Standard for Inventor

Available Collections:

• FrameDocuments
• FrameMemberDocuments
• SkeletonDocuments

TubeAndPipeViewModel

Valid for: Data Standard for Inventor

Available Collections:

• RunAssemblies
• RouteParts
• RunComponents

Collections

All collections are implemented from the IDocumentInformation interface:

IDocumentInformation

public interface IDocumentInformation
{
    IPathAndFileNameHandler Handler { get; }
    IPropertyCollection Properties { get; }
    _Document Document { get; }
    string Interest { get; }
}