Change Sketch Name UI

I want to:

Change Selected Sketch Name in Solidworks Part Document.

Note

We will use same setup as done in 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI .
Hence reading previous 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article is highly recommended.

Demo Video

Below 🎬 video shows how to Change Sketch Name UI in Visual Studio 2022.

Change Sketch Name UI

Setting Project

We need to add some required UI changes as part of Project Setup.

Please follow below sections for this.

Add [Prism Project]

First, we add Prism Project for our requirement.
We already have an article where we add Prism Project.
Please see 🚀 Create Project section of 🚀 Open Syncfusion Chromeless Window article for creating New Prism project.
Please see below image for folder structure.

Figure: New Edit Sketch Project Structure

Add [Syncfusion Chromeless Window]

Now, we need to add “Syncfusion Chromeless Window” into our View.
We already have an article where we add “Syncfusion Chromeless Window” into our View.
Please see 🚀 Add Syncfusion Chromeless Window section of 🚀 Open Syncfusion Chromeless Window article for creating New Prism project.

Add [Design Time DataContext]

In previous 🚀 Add [Design Time DataContext] section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article, this section is already explained.
Please visit 🚀 Add [Design Time DataContext] section of 🚀 Insert Solidworks Sketch UI article for more detail on this section.

Add [Syncfusion Busy Indicator]

Now, we need to add “Syncfusion Busy Indicator” into our View.
We already have an article where we add “Syncfusion Busy Indicator” into our View.
Please see 🚀 Add Syncfusion Busy Indicator article for adding “Syncfusion Busy Indicator”.

Add Controls For UI

We will some Controls to arrange and show them in UI.

Please follow below section to add them.

Add [Grid]

First, we add <Grid> tag inside <syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator> tag.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<syncfusion:ChromelessWindow
    x:Class="ChangeSketchName.Views.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"
    xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:ChangeSketchName.ViewModels"
    Title="{Binding Title}"
    Width="525"
    Height="350"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:MainWindowViewModel}"
    prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator
        AnimationType="Gear"
        IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy, Mode=TwoWay}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="15" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        </Grid>

    </syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator>
</syncfusion:ChromelessWindow>

Add [TextBlock]

Now add a Label for “New Sketch Name” as shown below.

<TextBlock
    Grid.Row="1"
    Grid.Column="1"
    HorizontalAlignment="Right"
    VerticalAlignment="Center"
    Foreground="Black"
    Text="Please give new Name:" />

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 full code sample for reference.

<syncfusion:ChromelessWindow
    x:Class="ChangeSketchName.Views.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"
    xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:ChangeSketchName.ViewModels"
    Title="{Binding Title}"
    Width="525"
    Height="350"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:MainWindowViewModel}"
    prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator
        AnimationType="Gear"
        IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy, Mode=TwoWay}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="15" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="1"
                Grid.Column="1"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Foreground="Black"
                Text="Please give new Name:" />

        </Grid>
    </syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator>
</syncfusion:ChromelessWindow>

Please see below 👇🏻 image as how does this label look in application.

Add [TextBox]

Now we add TextBox for showing list of Planes.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<syncfusion:ChromelessWindow
    x:Class="InsertSketch.Views.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"
    xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:InsertSketch.ViewModels"
    Title="{Binding Title}"
    Width="500"
    Height="250"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:MainWindowViewModel}"
    prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
    ResizeMode="NoResize"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator
        AnimationType="Gear"
        IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy, Mode=TwoWay}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="50" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="50" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="1"
                Grid.Column="0"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                FontSize="24"
                Foreground="Black"
                Text="Select Plane :" />

            <syncfusion:ComboBoxAdv
                Grid.Row="1"
                Grid.Column="2"
                Height="50"
                MinWidth="200"
                HorizontalAlignment="Left" />

        </Grid>
    </syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator>
</syncfusion:ChromelessWindow>

Please see below 👇🏻 image as how Plane list look in application.

Add [Button]

Now we add Button button.
This button execute function for Change Name of Solidworks Sketch.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

<syncfusion:ChromelessWindow
    x:Class="ChangeSketchName.Views.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:prism="http://prismlibrary.com/"
    xmlns:syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf"
    xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:ChangeSketchName.ViewModels"
    Title="{Binding Title}"
    Width="525"
    Height="350"
    d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance viewModel:MainWindowViewModel}"
    prism:ViewModelLocator.AutoWireViewModel="True"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator
        AnimationType="Gear"
        IsBusy="{Binding IsBusy, Mode=TwoWay}">

        <Grid>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="15" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="25" />
            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="25" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <TextBlock
                Grid.Row="1"
                Grid.Column="1"
                HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Foreground="Black"
                Text="Please give new Name:" />

            <TextBox
                Grid.Row="1"
                Grid.Column="3"
                HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
                Text="{Binding SelectedName, Mode=TwoWay}" />

            <Button
                Grid.Row="3"
                Grid.Column="1"
                Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
                Width="200"
                Height="50"
                VerticalAlignment="Top"
                Command="{Binding ChangeNameCommand}"
                Content="Change Name" />

        </Grid>
    </syncfusion:SfBusyIndicator>
</syncfusion:ChromelessWindow>

Please see below 👇🏻 image as how Insert Sketch looks in application.

Figure: Insert Sketch Change Name Button

Set Message Services

In this section, we setup Message Services to communicate in our application.

For this please follow below 👇🏻 sections.

Add Message Services

Now, we need to “Add Message Services” into our application.
We already have an article where we “Add Message Services” into our application.
Please see 🚀 Add Service for Messaging in application section of 🚀 Add Message Service article for adding Message Services.
Following Services added:
- ConfirmationMessagesService
- InformationMessagesService
- ErrorMessagesService
Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

using Prism.Events;

namespace InsertSketch.Services
{
    internal class ConfirmationMessagesService : PubSubEvent<string> { }
    internal class InformationMessagesService : PubSubEvent<string> { }
    internal class ErrorMessagesService : PubSubEvent<string> { }
}

Register Message Services

Now, we need to “Register Message Services” into our application.
We already have an article where we “Register Message Services” into our application.
Please see 🚀 Register Services section of 🚀 Add Message Service article for adding Message Services.
Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for reference.

using InsertSketch.Services;
using InsertSketch.ViewModels;
using Prism.Events;
using Syncfusion.Windows.Shared;
using System.Windows;

namespace InsertSketch.Views
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : ChromelessWindow
    {
        private readonly IEventAggregator eventAggregator;

        public MainWindow(IEventAggregator eventAggregator)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.eventAggregator = eventAggregator;

            this.eventAggregator
                .GetEvent<InformationMessagesService>()
                .Subscribe(InformationMessages);

            this.eventAggregator
                .GetEvent<ErrorMessagesService>()
                .Subscribe(ErrorMessages);
        }

        private void InformationMessages(string messageToShow)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(
                messageToShow,
                "Information",
                MessageBoxButton.OK,
                MessageBoxImage.Information);
        }

        private void ErrorMessages(string messageToShow)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(
                messageToShow,
                "Error",
                MessageBoxButton.OK,
                MessageBoxImage.Error);
        }
    }
}

Understand Message Services

If you want to “understand Message Services”, then please visit below article.
Reference Article: 🚀 Add Message Service

Update ViewModel

Now we need to “add Properties and Methods” for “Binding” with our view.
- View: MainWindow
- ViewModel: MainWindowViewModel
Please see below 👇🏻 image for “Properties and Methods” required.

Add [Property]

We need to 1 Property for TextBox.
Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for “Properties” in MainWindowViewModel.

private string _selectedName;

public string SelectedName
{
    get { return _selectedName; }
    set { SetProperty(ref _selectedName, value); }
}

Please see below 👇🏻 image for Property required.

Now we need to fill, “Sketch Name” in SelectedName variable.

Add [Prism Command]

We need 1 Prism Command for Change Sketch Button.
This command will be responsible for Changing Sketch in Solidworks Part Document.
Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for adding “Prism Command” in MainWindowViewModel.

private DelegateCommand _changeNameCommand;

public DelegateCommand ChangeNameCommand =>
    _changeNameCommand ?? (_changeNameCommand =
        new DelegateCommand(ExecuteChangeNameCommand));

void ExecuteChangeNameCommand()
{
    
}

Please see below 👇🏻 image for adding “Prism Command” in MainWindowViewModel.

Add Code To Function

Now we will add some code ExecuteChangeNameCommand function.
We already used this code for in various articles.
Please see below 👇🏻 code sample for waiting code to add.

private DelegateCommand _changeNameCommand;

public DelegateCommand ChangeNameCommand =>
    _changeNameCommand ?? (_changeNameCommand =
        new DelegateCommand(ExecuteChangeNameCommand));

async void ExecuteChangeNameCommand()
{
    // Show busy indicator
    IsBusy = true;

    await Task.Run(() =>
    {
        // Sleeping for 5 seconds
        Thread.Sleep(5000);
    });

    // Hide busy indicator
    IsBusy = false;
}

Please see below 👇🏻 image for waiting code to add.

Add [Bindings]

In this section we will add Bindings to WPF TextBox and WPF Button.

Please see below 👇🏻 image for adding “Binding Property”.

Please see below 👇🏻 code for adding “Binding Property”.

<TextBox
    Grid.Row="1"
    Grid.Column="3"
    HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
    VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
    Text="{Binding SelectedName, Mode=TwoWay}" />

Add [Command Binding]

We need to Bind previously created “Command” with “WPF Button”.
Please see below 👇🏻 image for adding “Command”.

Please see below 👇🏻 code for adding “Command”.

<Button
    Grid.Row="3"
    Grid.Column="1"
    Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
    Width="200"
    Height="50"
    VerticalAlignment="Top"
    Command="{Binding ChangeNameCommand}"
    Content="Change Name" />

Final Result

Now we run the application as shown in below 👇🏻 image.

Now we are able to Change Sketch Name in MVVM pattern successfully.

This is it !!!

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