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Madhavi1-Visitor
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July 24, 2017
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Creo Toolkit using C

  • July 24, 2017
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How to fetch an Unique ID for .Prt, .Asm, drawing?

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Eike_Hauptmann15-Moonstone
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July 25, 2017

They should have a unique id (name + extension/type). If they haven't you have a problem inside your data management. Creo need a unique identifier and uses for this the filename.

 

If you have problems with doubled files you can generate a unique ID by getting the hash value from the file or something like that. 

 

Br,

Eike

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Madhavi1-VisitorAuthor
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July 25, 2017

Thanks for reply Eike!

Yah there has to be  unique ID for each file (part,asm,drawing). As if  now I have not found any.

I have tried ProMdlIdGet but it's not persistent between sessions.

If I generate my own unique ID then I will need to add/attach it as a property to the part (or asm/drawing) and later I have to write a fucntion which will return the Part for given unique id.

Pro toolkit is in use for so long and I am sure people must have faced this situation.

I was wondering how did they handle it.

 

Regards,

Madhavi

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Madhavi1-VisitorAuthor
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July 25, 2017

Thanks once again for the updates.

I do not have Windchill and yes I have multiple files with same name (for example PRT0001.prt).

But yes FullFileName (Path + file name with ext) would be unique. Not sure if it's accepted solution or not.

 

So I am planning to add new parameter with value as unique GUID. Now looking for "how to add new Parameter". Please let me know if you know any function.

 

If not then I would have to use existing Parameter for this. 

 

Regards,

Madhavi

 

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