Create mapkey with a variable to save a .pdf to a path and date

[ptc-292364]

I would like to create a map key to save a file to the current working directory\Release with the current date. Is there a way to do this with a variable? ie  %CWD\Release\filename.%mm%dd%yy.pdf

[tbraxton]

It is possible to call an external script from within a mapkey. I think you would need to use this function in order to achieve this using a mapkey. Refer to this thread for examples.

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Customization/How-to-call-a-external-applications-using-OS-script-mapkey/td-p/647527 

[ptc-292364]

It doesn't look like an external script understands what the Current Working Directory is outside of Creo.

[tbraxton]

I am pretty sure that the APIs have calls that will return the current working directory. The VB and J-Link API is part of every Creo license so that could be one option for you.

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo_toolkit/vbapi_plus/usascii/index.html#page/creo_toolkit/user_guide/Directories.html 

[Chris3]

I gave a PTC User presentation a couple of years ago on creating dynamic mapkeys:
https://community.ptc.com/sejnu66972/attachments/sejnu66972/customization/13797/1/VG-4052%20Dynamic%20Mapkeys%20to%20Automate%20Creo%202024-01-23.pdf 

Read through that. The start in directory can be obtained from the text file generated from File-> Help -> System Information -> System Information

Note that the start in directory is different than the working directory. Do you really need the working directory? For my scripts I just have a fixed folder that I write everything to. That support.inf file is written to the working directory, so if you really needed the working directory, you could write a script that searched through folders for that file and then return that path.