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Macro to close all SOLIDWORKS documents except active

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This macro utilizes SOLIDWORKS API and closes all opened documents except of an active one.

If document is dirty (i.e. has any unsaved changes) the macro will prompt user to specify the action (save, do not save or cancel) for the closing documents. Otherwise the document will be closed silently.

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#If VBA7 Then
     Private Declare PtrSafe Function SendMessage Lib "User32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
#Else
     Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "User32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
#End If

Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks

Sub main()

    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    
    Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
    
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    
    If Not swModel Is Nothing Then
        
        Dim vDocsWindows As Variant
        
        Dim swFrame As SldWorks.Frame
        Set swFrame = swApp.Frame
        
        vDocsWindows = swFrame.ModelWindows
        
        Dim i As Integer
        
        For i = 0 To UBound(vDocsWindows)
            
            Dim swDocWin As SldWorks.ModelWindow
            Set swDocWin = vDocsWindows(i)
            
            Dim swRefDoc As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
            Set swRefDoc = swDocWin.ModelDoc
            
            If Not swRefDoc Is swModel Then
                If swRefDoc.GetSaveFlag() Then
                    'display the close confirmation dialog for unsaved files
                    swApp.ActivateDoc3 swRefDoc.GetTitle, False, swRebuildOnActivation_e.swDontRebuildActiveDoc, 0
                    Const WM_COMMAND As Long = &H111
                    Const CMD_FileClose As Long = 57602
                    SendMessage swFrame.GetHWnd(), WM_COMMAND, CMD_FileClose, 0
                Else
                    swApp.CloseDoc swDocWin.ModelDoc.GetTitle
                End If
                
            End If
        Next
        
        swApp.ActivateDoc3 swModel.GetTitle, True, swRebuildOnActivation_e.swUserDecision, 0
        
    End If
    
End Sub