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Retrieves category data from an existing Part or Assembly identified by its UID. Populates the SelectedCategoriesArray with ObjCategory instances found in the linked fields and prepares the ValueFieldsLinkedToCategories for document output.

Namespace: MwPDMApi
Assembly: MwPDMApi (in MwPDMApi.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm ( _ partAsmUid As String _ ) As Boolean

Visual Basic

Public Function GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm ( _

partAsmUid As String _
) As Boolean

C#
public bool GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm( string partAsmUid )

public bool GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm(

string partAsmUid
)

Visual C++
public: bool GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm( String^ partAsmUid )

Visual C++

public:

bool GetCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm(
String^ partAsmUid
)

JavaScript
function getCategoriesfromOldPrtAsm(partAsmUid);

Parameters

partAsmUid

Type: System.String
The UID of the Part or Assembly from which to extract category information.

Return Value

True if one or more categories were found and processed; otherwise, False.