Sanjay,
This is doable but will not involve any of the PTC_WM_* parameters.
Create and designate a parameter APPROVED_BY in ProE
Create a String attribute APPROVED_BYin Windchill.
Add the APPROVED_BY attribute to EPMDocument in Type manager
That's step one.
Step 2 is updating the APPROVED_BY attribute in Windchill in a workflow
In your workflow decide when/how to update it. Perhaps during the completion of an Approve workflow assignment.
In the Complete Transition of the approve assignment add the following:
//This will get the approver's fullname (or Windchill name)
String approvedBy = ((wt.org.WTUser)wt.session.SessionHelper.getPrincipal()).getFullName(); // or .getName() your choice
//Add a webject to update the ProE Drawing
Put this code in a class and reference the class. DON'T put this directly in the complete transition.
Transaction transaction = new Transaction();
transaction.start();
//Checkout
ActionWebject co = new ActionWebject("Checkout-Objects");
co.setService(ie);
co.addParam("INSTANCE", taskProcessor);
co.addParam("OBJECT_REF", PersistenceHelper.getObjectIdentifier(epmDrawing).toString()); //epmDrawing is your drawing
co.addParam("Attribute", "obid");
co.addParam("GROUP_OUT", "checkout_group");
co.invoke();
obid = (String) co.getService().getGroup("checkout_group").getAttributeValue(0, "obid");
//Update
ActionWebject ud = new ActionWebject("Update-Objects");
ud.setService(ie);
ud.addParam("INSTANCE", taskProcessor);
ud.addParam("OBJECT_REF", obid);
ud.addParam("MODIFICATION", "REPLACE");
String field =APPROVEDBY + "=" +approvedBy + ";
ud.addParam("FIELD",field );
}
ud.addParam("GROUP_OUT", "updated_group");
ud.invoke();
//Checkin
ActionWebject ci = new ActionWebject("Checkin-Objects");
ci.setService(ie);
ci.addParam("INSTANCE", taskProcessor);
ci.addParam("OBJECT_REF", obid);
ci.addParam("GROUP_OUT", "checkin_group");
ci.invoke();
transaction.commit();
I would strongly recommed create a class and referencing this code. I make the code very generic as well.
something like ext.tools.IBAHelper.updateValue(Persistable obj, HashMap map) The HashMap can store the IBA names and corresponding values. This will allow you to update several IBAs at the same time.
FYI, there are APIs in 10.0 that can update an IBA. I still use webjects however. They work well and once you know how to use webjects you can do a lot with them.
Hope this helps
David
In Reply to Sanjay Sawant:
Hi,
I am using PDMLink 10.0M010 with Creo 1.0.
When any drawing is Released from Windchill (using either promotion request or Change Management), I want to add Drawing approver name from Windchill into the proe drawing.
The way in which we add drawing creator name using parameter "PTC_WM_CREATED_BY' in drawing format.
How to add approver syntax? If such syntax is not available out of box, how to do it?
Thanks,
Sanjay
when people actually signed vellum drawings - and then made copies of others to use (blueprints). So in this case, the actual editable original changed.
