Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Commands Reference > Document

Description

Adds an attachment to the currently selected document or to the passed unique_id

Syntax

call DBWShell("AddAttachment AttachmentPath [UniqueID [updateAttachmentGrid]]")

Parameters

AttachmentPath	The full file path of the attachment to add
UniqueID	Optional. It is the unique_id of the parent document
updateAttachmentGrid	Optional. if 1 it will activate/refresh automatically the Attachments grid within the Tree page for the specific record's UniqueID

Results

@OK_ATTACHED

Remarks

According with Mechworks concept of attachments, no record will be inserted in the DOCUMENT table for the created relationship.

For updateAttachmentGrid parameter, the PDM browser must be opened and the Tree page must be activated.

Examples

'select the parent document making it the current one

call DBWShell("SelectById my|project 0")
'retrieve info about the current document
call DBWShell("CurrentDocument")
ParentUniqueId = DBWResult("@DOCUMENT_UNIQUE_ID")
call DBWShell ("AddAttachment c:\temp\mypart.sldprt " & ParentUniqueId)
res = DBWResult("@DOCUMENT_UNIQUE_ID")
DBWMsgBox "New document has been added with UID " & res

DBWShell("AddAttachment C:\MyAssemblies\MyAsm.sldasm 123456")

The following example (registerWithStdAlone.vbs) shows how to register an assembly structure by using the DBWorks Standalone server:

Set DBWApp = CreateObject("DBWAlone.Api")

okDBW = DBWApp.CallBack("@StartApplication")   'support for DBWArm/Login dialog
asmName = replace("C:\MyAssemblies\MyAsm.SLDASM"," ","|")  'the assembly is known to the script
parentUid = 123456      'the parentUid is known to the script
traverseChildComponents = 1
okDBW = DBWApp.CallBack("AddAttachment " & asmName & " " & parentUid)

here below is an example of the updateAttachmentGrid parameter

call DBWShell( "CurrentDocument" )

docUId = DBWResult( "@DOCUMENT_UNIQUE_ID" )
file = "c:\temp\myAttachment.txt"
call DBWShell ("AddAttachment " & file & " " & docUId & " 1")

AddAttachment