Skip to main content
I
ilyachaban16-Pearl
16-Pearl
October 25, 2023
Solved

Connecting to Creo

  • October 25, 2023
  • 1 reply
  • 2815 views

Hi, I've been trying to connect to creo using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications in Excel and it didn't work whatever I've tried. 

 

Let's start from my setup:

Those are system variables that I'm using. 

ilyachaban_0-1698231646425.png

I've registered vb_api using vb_api_register.bat in administrator mode

 

I've added Creo VB Api......... to References 

ilyachaban_1-1698231907448.png

 

 

I'm not trying to open creo using api. I only want to connect to it using

 

Sub Connect()
Dim asynconn As New pfcls.CCpfcAsyncConnection
Dim conn As pfcls.IpfcAsyncConnection
Dim session As pfcls.IpfcBaseSession
Dim mdlname
Set conn = asynconn.Connect("", "", ".", 5)
End Sub

 



But no matter what i'm getting errors like this 

Screenshot 2023-10-25 125417.png

Screenshot 2023-10-25 125128.png

Screenshot 2023-10-25 125328.png

 

If  creo isn't running i'm getting error like this 

Screenshot 2023-10-25 125746.png

 

Please suggest to me something so i can fix this

Best answer by ilyachaban

After all possible tries and errors I've stopped at this point 

Adding parameters PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE andPRO_COMM_MSG and PRO_DIRECTORY

PRO_DIRECTORY FOLLOWS UP TO COMMON_FILES FOLDER

ilyachaban_0-1698238513550.png

After addin all this parameters it is necessary to restart computer. No way it will work after adding parameters.

 

After restart it started working for a while. 

 

Now approximately after an hour it shows following message. It's started while trying different functions. No reason for this message to appear. Creo model was all time opened and only data collection methods was applied. No changes in creo at all. Didn't even click one button in it. 

ilyachaban_1-1698238646850.png

 

1 reply

M
MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
October 25, 2023

Hi,

use PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE variable instead of PRO_COMM_MSG

I
ilyachaban16-PearlAuthorAnswer
16-Pearl
October 25, 2023

After all possible tries and errors I've stopped at this point 

Adding parameters PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE andPRO_COMM_MSG and PRO_DIRECTORY

PRO_DIRECTORY FOLLOWS UP TO COMMON_FILES FOLDER

ilyachaban_0-1698238513550.png

After addin all this parameters it is necessary to restart computer. No way it will work after adding parameters.

 

After restart it started working for a while. 

 

Now approximately after an hour it shows following message. It's started while trying different functions. No reason for this message to appear. Creo model was all time opened and only data collection methods was applied. No changes in creo at all. Didn't even click one button in it. 

ilyachaban_1-1698238646850.png

 

M
MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
October 25, 2023
@ilyachaban wrote:

After all possible tries and errors I've stopped at this point 

Adding parameters PRO_COMM_MSG_EXE andPRO_COMM_MSG and PRO_DIRECTORY

PRO_DIRECTORY FOLLOWS UP TO COMMON_FILES FOLDER

ilyachaban_0-1698238513550.png

After addin all this parameters it is necessary to restart computer. No way it will work after adding parameters.

 

After restart it started working for a while. 

 

Now approximately after an hour it shows following message. It's started while trying different functions. No reason for this message to appear. Creo model was all time opened and only data collection methods was applied. No changes in creo at all. Didn't even click one button in it. 

ilyachaban_1-1698238646850.png

 

Hi,

I cannot help you to solve the problem. I do not know what is your application doing and how did you program its functionality.

Terms & ConditionsCookie settingsAccessibility statement