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June 19, 2025
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ProToolkit API Search and Download Windchill Document Object's Primary Content

  • June 19, 2025
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Hello,

 

I'm working with Creo 10, and I need to do some modifications in a model and its external data programatically (through Protoolkit API) based on  some information contained into a XML file which is the primary content of a Windchill Document.

 

I'm wondering if there are methods defined in API which can help me to do that, I don't want to modify the file, only read it.

 

I tried to retrieve the document by using the "ProServerObjectsCheckout" function but it didn't find anything. I'm not sure this is possible since I don't see defined any appropriate handler (ProSolid, ProDrawing, etc.) for WT Documents.

 

Thanks.

Ivan B.

 

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RPN18-Opal
18-Opal
June 21, 2025

Hi. Check ProUtil.h. Here you find a couple of functions to deal with secondary content and related documents. 

 

There is also a function to enter a URL’s , this may called to retrieve a persistent link. Maybe after calling this it may part of the workspace or the local cache. 

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IB_107982964-ParticipantAuthor
4-Participant
July 11, 2025

Hey, thanks for your help, yeah, I already inspected the ProUtil.h library, and it seems those functions work with a path which is returned by some other functions that require manual intervention (like to select a file from a popup window), that function would be helpful if accepted the direct Windchill URL.

 

This function seems to be useful to copy the file from the workspace to a local directory, but we also need first to add that file from Windchill to a worskpace:

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This other function would help me to get either the primary or secondary content, but I also need first to know the file URL:

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The only function I found in order to get the URL programmatically is the "ProServerObjectsCheckout" but this is only useful for model but not for WTDocuments.

 

At this point, I think I have exhausted all the ProToolkit options available,

 

What I'm trying to do right now is to use the Windchill OData REST API through a small C# library (to get the URL and download the file to a local directory), which is called by a C++/CLI wrapper and then by the C++ toolkit app, unfortunately I'm having issues at the time I compile in release mode, which seems to be something related to the runtime configuration /MT (instead of /MTd (debug version) which works fine), but this is an issue for a different topic.

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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