Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Commands Reference > BOM

Description

The command reads from the PARENT_CHILD table the value of the assigned field name.

Syntax

call DBWShell("GetBOMFieldValue childUID parentUID fieldName")

Parameters

childUID	It is the child document Unique Id
parentUID	It is the parent document Unique Id
fieldName	the field to read the value of

Remarks

The built-in field names for the PARENT_CHILD table are:
Physical Quantity → DBWLookUp("NAME_FIELD_PARENT_CHILD_QTY")
Unit of measure → DBWLookUp("NAME_FIELD_PARENT_CHILD_UM")
MakeBuy → DBWLookUp("NAME_FIELD_PARENT_CHILD_MAKE_BUY")

Results

@BOM_FIELD_VALUE

the value of the searched field

Example

DBWShell("GetBOMFieldValue 101 57 PARENT_CHILD_MY_FIELD")

fieldValue = DBWResult("@BOM_FIELD_VALUE")
DBWMsgBox "field value: " & fieldValue