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by smf39
Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: SolidWorks FAQ
Topic: PLM options for SolidWorks
Replies: 10
Views: 1780

Re: PLM options for SolidWorks

I've been through an implementation of Teamcenter with its SolidWorks connector. We had to explore a lot of workarounds and make compromises to get it working somewhat like we wanted (never got to the point of actually using it in production however). We were coming from SW+PDM, so wanted a lot of t...
by smf39
Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: API
Topic: PDM API checks-in open files without dialog
Replies: 2
Views: 788

Re: PDM API checks-in open files without dialog

Not a dumb question at all. The setting is enabled, which is what prevents the check in with ShowDlg method. I tested the behaviour again with the "The file is not rebuilt" option enabled for the user. Again, check in was blocked with ShowDlg, but not blocked if I skipped ShowDlg. On the o...
by smf39
Wed Jun 12, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: API
Topic: PDM API checks-in open files without dialog
Replies: 2
Views: 788

PDM API checks-in open files without dialog

Hi, I'm working on a program that uses the IEdmBatchUnlock interface to check in a list of files. I've made it a user option to bring up the check-in dialog (ShowDlg method), but have noticed during testing that if I don't use the dialog, the API will check in files even if they are open in SolidWor...
by smf39
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: CAD Admin (Install, PDM, etc)
Topic: Files with blank State & Workflow
Replies: 7
Views: 1940

Re: Files with blank State & Workflow

There is a user permission in the Folder permissions called May see files before initial check in (Private State). This option would allow the user to see other user's private state files prior to the first check in. These files weren't private state. They were checked in but had no State due to so...
by smf39
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: SolidWorks PDM
Topic: FVUT here we go again
Replies: 11
Views: 1581

Re: FVUT here we go again

Not sure if it would help in your case but you might be able to semi-automate it with the SW Task Scheduler Convert Files operation, which has the option to "Activate all configurations before saving". You'd still have to do the check-out & check-in steps manually, and it doesn't have ...
by smf39
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: CAD Admin (Install, PDM, etc)
Topic: Files with blank State & Workflow
Replies: 7
Views: 1940

Re: Files with blank State & Workflow

I checked with DS about my "fix", just got a generic reply about the perils of DB edits. I ended up just copying the problem files with a suffix, checking those in, then deleting the originals. I realised they haven't been visible to anyone but Admin anyway, since no users have permissions...
by smf39
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: CAD Admin (Install, PDM, etc)
Topic: Files with blank State & Workflow
Replies: 7
Views: 1940

Re: Files with blank State & Workflow

I think the files were <Private State> but added to the vault, so they existed in the archive. I deleted them as Admin then recovered them around 30 min later, which left them checked in without a state. I tried reproducing it yesterday (in 2022 SP5) but they went into workflows correctly. At the ti...
by smf39
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: CAD Admin (Install, PDM, etc)
Topic: Files with blank State & Workflow
Replies: 7
Views: 1940

Files with blank State & Workflow

Hello! Our SW PDM vault has several thousand files without any State or Workflow. It appears to have happened somehow after a delete then recover operation. I'm unable to transition them to any new state. Any ideas on how I could fix this? I've been eyeing up the CurrentStatusID column of the Docume...