VSTA in Addin Workspace

Hello,
I'm following your VSTA Training course and moving my first steps in this type of programming interface. I've reachet lession unit 3.4.1 where it's created an external class from the "MyWorkspace.cs". the code in the class (called Creator) is the following:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace WorkspaceAddin
{
    class Creator
    {
        public void CreateFrame(string frameName)
        {
            try
            {
///code here

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }
        }
        public void CreateFrame(string frameName, int iTop, int iBottom, int iLeft, int iRight)
        {
            try
            {
///code here

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }
        }
    }
}
then when I create the function in the MyWorkspace.cs I call:
public void Macro_CreateFrame()        {
            Creator MyCreator = new Creator(this.ActiveDocument);
            MyCreator.CreateFrame("myFirstFrame");
            
        }
        public void Macro_CreateFrameWithPosition()
        {
            Creator myCreator = new Creator(this.ActiveDocument);
            myCreator.CreateFrame("MySecondFrame", 200, 600, 200, 600);
        }
But when compiling I got always two errors:

Code:

Error 1 'WorkspaceAddin.Creator' does not contain a constructor that takes '1' arguments C:\ProgramData\COPA-DATA\zenon760\VSTAWorkspace\CSharp\WorkspaceAddin\MyWorkspace.cs 192 33 WorkspaceAddin

Where is my error? can you please help me?
Then in the Creator.cs class I can't use Zenon references such as ITemplate or the MyProject reference.
Any help is welcome, thanks!

Re: VSTA in Addin Workspace

Hi Luca, the problem here is, that inside of the "Creator" class, no constructor with 1 parameter exists. Per default, every class in C# has a constructor without parameters, which gets called whenever an instance of this class gets created. The default constructor always exists and does not need to be programmed. In your case, you want to forward the reference of a zenon project to your constructor class, which is done in the constructor (best practice). That's what you do here: Creator MyCreator = <code class="csharp keyword" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.3px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px;'> <code class="csharp plain" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); float: none; font-family: &quot;Consolas&quot;,&quot;Bitstrea m Vera Sans Mono&quot;,&quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: auto; left: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: auto; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Creator(</code><code class="csharp keyword" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); float: none; font-family: &quot;Consolas&quot;,&quot;Bitstrea m Vera Sans Mono&quot;,&quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; height: auto; left: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: auto; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">this</code><code class="csharp plain" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); float: none; font-family: &quot;Consolas&quot;,&quot;Bitstrea m Vera Sans Mono&quot;,&quot;Courier New&quot;,Courier,monospace; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: auto; left: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: auto; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">.ActiveDocument); The problem in your case is, the your "Creator" class does not know what to do with the further parameter, as the class only knows the default constructor. Means, you need to overload your constructor. This could look the following way:       &n bsp; public Creator(IProject zProject)       & nbsp; {        &nb sp;    if (zProject == null)       &nbsp ;     {        &nb sp;        System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print("No zenon reference in Creator Constructor");      &n bsp;       &nbs p;  return;       &nb sp;     }        &nb sp;    myProject = zProject;       & nbsp; }   </code>The overloading of the constructor (with similar code) should actually be mentioned in the training material. If not, please contact the training department of COPA-DATA. Thanks and all the best for your further VSTA courses  Christian

Re: VSTA in Addin Workspace

Dear Chris,
I've modified a little your code. Now it's like this:
public class Creator
    {
        private IProject myProject;
        public Creator(IProject zProject)
        {
            if (zProject == null)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.Print("No zenon reference is passed");
            }
            myProject = zProject;
        }
In this way I've declared a private IProject variable myProject then overloaded as you suggested me the class and in the call of the class now I can use a parameter
public void Macro_CreateFrameWithPosition()
        {
            Creator myCreator = new Creator(this.ActiveDocument);
            myCreator.CreateFrame("MySecondFrame", 200, 600, 200, 600);
        }
As I wrote, I've been watching the video and there is no passage where it's explained this overload method of the class, this is why I've encountered this little problem.
If this thing I've written (i mean the C# code) is right I go ahead with the course.
Thanks and I wait for your reply.
Luca