Automatically check in a file saved in . WWTP or . SAT in EPDM

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Hello

When running a macro, to do everything at the same time, my CAD files are saved in STEP. 

The record path is in a file located in the EPDM vault. The recording is done without any problem but it remains a local file.
So I would have liked to know if it was possible to archive the recording directly, please?

I hope I have been clear,

Thank you, good afternoon.

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Hello

See the archiving function at this link http://help.solidworks.com/2014/English/api/epdmapi/EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.IEdmFile5~UnlockFile.html

Kind regards

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Hello

Rather than by macro (which I'm not sure will work with SW open), I'll rather look at dispatch scripts that allow you to perform this kind of actions.

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Indeed, macro archiving will not work if the file is opened in SolidWoprks, but if it comes from a 3D sldprt model followed by a saveAs in Step via macro, then we can consider that this step file is not open in SolidWorks and macro archiving will work.

Be careful, between the saveAs and the archive, you have to manage the time of adding to the vault...

Kind regards

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Exactly , d.roger, that was the meaning of my message;)

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Hello, thank you for your answers but I don't really understand... In addition, on the help there are no examples in Vba and I don't really understand the VB.net.

Cyril.f, what is a despatch script please?

D.Roger when you talk about the addition time is it if I want to use it directly? Because in fact my application is used to manage the selection and activation of a 3D configuration and the opening of the drawing. At the same time I would like to offer the user the possibility to save this configuration in STEP to use it more translate.

For the moment my code is simple 

If Check_step.Value = True Then
                                        UserfrmSTEP.Show
                                        EnregistrementSTEP = Part.SaveAs3("Chemin du dossier d'enregistrement\" & NomFichierSTEP & ".STEP", 0, 0)
                                        MsgBox "Le fichier STEP a été enregistré dans le dossier suivant : Cjemin du dossier d'enregistrement" & Chr(10) & "Sous le nom suivant : " & NomFichierSTEP & Chr(10) & "Pensez à archiver le fichier car il se trouve encore en local", vbInformation, "Emplacement du fichier"
End If

 

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Dispatch is a utility available in the vault's administration interface (in the tree view, add-ins and then right-click on dispatch and manage actions).

http://help.solidworks.com/2016/french/EnterprisePDM/admin/IDD_DLG_ADMIN_ACT.htm?rid=0

For the addition time mentioned by d.roger, this corresponds to the time it takes to process the vault to add the file to the database. As this time may vary, the file will be considered as used by an application and therefore cannot be archived via a macro. You would have to wait until SW has finished its action and the vault has finished adding the file to its database.

That's why I recommend going through dispatch which is managed directly by the vault and is applied at the right time.

For VBA version lockfile:

Private Sub LockMyFile(vault As EdmVault5)
On Error GoTo ErrHand

  Dim folder As IEdmFolder5
  Set folder = vault.RootFolder

  Dim file As IEdmFile5
  Set file = folder.GetFile("MyFile.txt")
  file.LockFile folder.ID, Me.hWnd
  Exit Sub

ErrHand:
  Dim ename As String
  Dim edesc As String
  vault.GetErrorString Err.Number, ename, edesc
  MsgBox ename + vbLf + edesc
End Sub

 

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Hello

Here is an example in C# to save a step sldprt file in Epdm with archiving of it:

private SldWorks swAppli;
        
private void Button8Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     We cling to SW
    if (swAppli == null)
    {
        swAppli = (SldWorks)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SldWorks.Application"));
        swAppli.Visible = true;
    }
    
     We connect to the safe
    EdmVault5 vault;
    vault = new EdmVault5();
    if (!vault. IsLoggedIn)
    {
        while (!vault. IsLoggedIn)
        {
            Vault. LoginAuto("Coffre_BE", this. Handle.ToInt32());
        }
    }
    
     We recover the open SW part
    ModelDoc2 Part = null;
    Part = ((ModelDoc2)(swAppli.ActiveDoc));

     We define the destination folder of the step file
    IEdmFolder5 folder;
    folder = vault. GetFolderFromPath(@"C:\Coffre_BE\TEST");
    
     We define the full name of the STEP file
    string fileSTEP = folder. LocalPath + @"\" + Part.GetTitle() + ".step";
    
     The file is saved in STEP format
    if (Part.GetType() == (int)swDocumentTypes_e.swDocPART)
    {
        Part.SaveAs(STEP file);
    }
    
     We add the STEP file to the trunk
    int fileID;
    fileID = folder. AddFile(this. Handle.ToInt32(), STEP file, "", 0);
    
     We connect to the STEP file created in the vault
    IEdmFile5 newFileSTEP = null;
    IEdmFolder5 ParentFolder = null;
    while (newFileSTEP == null)
    {
        try
        {
            newFileSTEP = (IEdmFile5)vault. GetFileFromPath(STEPFILE, out ParentFolder);
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            
        }
    }
    
     We archive the STEP file
    newFileSTEP.UnlockFile(this. Handle.ToInt32(), "Create STEP file.", 0, null);
}

Kind regards

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