Hello, wishing to outsource our technical files of the PDM so that the whole company can consult and update the files of these documentations without going through the PDM, we would therefore like to be able to create shortcuts to these folders from the PDM (to shared network paths ) corresponding to the folder of each case for those working with the PDM.
As Windows shortcuts (".ink" file) don't work in the PDM, I had the idea of creating a virtual file and in the data card of this file, add only a clickable button with a "Command String".
For the moment it works by adding as a string: "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,chemin_du_dossier", (without the quotes) now I'd like to add the variable "chemin_du_dossier", but I don't know if a syntax exists to add a variable in this command string?
Is my resonance correct and is it therefore possible to add a variable in this chain or is there another more effective solution to my problem?
Thank you in advance for your clarifications.
Julia
Note: in Windows it's not "ink" but "lnk" = LNK
Hello
To my knowledge not possible. You should see your reseller if they have the possibility to develop a piece of code for you to do what you want.
Otherwise, the only way is to generate the path in a text field by hand and then charge everyone to copy/paste it into Windows Explorer.
We have more or less the same problem at home.
We automatically launch 2 print jobs when the plan is approved: one that generates the pdf in the safe and the other that generates the pdf in a network location.
Given the organization of our pdfs outside of EPDM, it was not possible to generate a path name automatically.
Be careful there are not billions of variables that can be added in the path name (in particular you can't put the custom variables, at least under EPDM 2015)
It is possible to create link like functionality in PDM Pro by using dispatch.
First create a file that contains the path in a property on the data card.
Then create a dispatch action that collects this property and uses 'Shell Execute' with the following settings:
Verb = Open
Filename = %your path variable% <please don't forget the ending '\'>
Parameters: <nothing>
Now you can right click on your 'link' file, run your dispatch action from the menu and taa daa! you have opened the link location. Yes, it is more work that a Windows link, but it is possible.
Hello and sorry for the delay, I hadn 't looked into my problem for some time, but thank you for your solution @David, it works very well, I just had to add the Dispatch add-in which was not installed in our PDM.