Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Event Scripts > NeutralFormat

available from build: 20040603

Description

It is called when passing from Checkout→Checkin (with the drawing opened ): SaveAs PDF/TIFF the active drawing

Location

LST folder

Activation

The script is fired if existing and if the Master Drawing Mode is active

Input

@MASTER_DRAWING_FILE_TYPE
@MASTER_DRAWING_SUGGESTED_DIRECTORY
@MASTER_DRAWING_SUGGESTED_PATHNAME

Output

@MASTER_DRAWING_OK_RENAME
@MASTER_DRAWING_TEMPORARY_PATHNAME
@MASTER_DRAWING_PATHNAME

Example

this script has been adapted for each class of documents in order to drive correctly the application for generating a PDF file with the proper name.

.VBSCRIPT

sub main()
DBWInit(TRUE)
...
'useful inputs available
pathName = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_PATHNAME")
fName = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_FNAME")
fExt = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_FEXT")
fDir = DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_FDIR")
DocUid=DBWInput("@DOCUMENT_UNIQUE_ID")
if masterDrawingFileType = 0 then
  ext = ".PDF"
else
  ext = ".TIF"
end if
if( fExt = ".DOC" ) then
  ' manage the creation of the PDF for a .DOC
  Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
  fso.CopyFile <my application generated PDF file>,masterDrawingFileName
  exit sub
end if
...
End sub