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Is it possible to save versioned files to a relative directory?

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February 14, 2020
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Hello,

Is there a config setting that controls where versioned file backups are saved using a relative file path?

Ideally, when I hit ctrl-S, a new file without a version number would be saved in the working directory, and the versioned file would be saved to ./archive. I'm always purging the versioned files to keep my working directory cleaned up, but then if I need them, they're already gone. If I could automatically keep them in an archive folder, that would help my workflow.

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DavidBigelow

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I think Creo fundamentally saves files with version extensions regardless.

You might consider a mapkey to perform a backup of the current file to a archive location then purge the working directory.

Alternatively, you would write a batch file that a mapkey could also run to perform the necessary operations I think without much trouble.

Dave

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Mhugenberg

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Thanks Dave, I was hoping for a config option, but a mapkey and/or batch file should do the job. Is there an environment variable that CREO recognizes for working directory? I did some digging, but couldn't find one. I expected $WORKINGDIRECTORY or something along those lines.

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DavidBigelow

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I am not aware of a config.pro option for either of those. I think it has been that way for some time

You can set the working directory on startup of the application. But that is typically done in the shortcut you create to the actual creo startup. My example is like this:

Alternatively, you can create a custom batch file for the startup of Creo (most do), and set your working directory as the start location also. You could set an env variable in that if you needed it for something else... but typically those are only local to the batch file's execution as I recall.

I would be curious to see if anyone as any other suggestions on this issue. I am sure it is not uncommon.

Dave