How java code to create WTDocument from template in Project Content

Hi,

Try below code to create WTDocument using template.

1. 1. First we have to write this class TemplateHelper.java

package ext.ptc;

import java.io.InputStream;

import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.doc.server.DocumentUtility;

import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.templates.TemplatesFactory;

import wt.admin.AdminDomainRef;

import wt.content.ApplicationData;

import wt.content.ContentServerHelper;

import wt.doc.DepartmentList;

import wt.doc.DocumentType;

import wt.doc.WTDocument;

import wt.enterprise.EnterpriseHelper;

import wt.enterprise.SequenceGenerator;

import wt.enterprise.TemplatesUtility;

import wt.inf.container.WTContainer;

import wt.inf.container.WTContainerHelper;

import wt.query.QuerySpec;

import wt.query.SearchCondition;

import wt.util.WTProperties;

public class TemplateHelper {

/**

* return the WTDocument object basis the template name

* @param templateName

* @param orgName

* @throws Exception

*/

public static WTDocument getDocumentTemplate(String templateName, String orgName) throws Exception

{

QuerySpec qs = new QuerySpec(WTDocument.class);

SearchCondition templateNameSC = new SearchCondition(WTDocument.class,WTDocument.NAME,

SearchCondition.EQUAL,templateName);

qs.appendWhere(templateNameSC, new int[]{0,1});

WTContainer container = WTContainerHelper.service.getByPath("/wt.inf.container.OrgContainer="+orgName).getReferencedContainer();

System.out.println("Cont Name in getDocTemp ==>"+container.getName());

wt.fc.QueryResult qrTemplates = EnterpriseHelper.service.getTemplates(container,

qs, null, true, true, true);

if(qrTemplates.hasMoreElements())

return ((WTDocument)qrTemplates.nextElement());

else

return null;

}

}

2. Later we have to give these inputs pertaining to specific document subtype wherever it is getting created:

In my scenario, I was adhering document template of subtype ‘Commercial proposal document’ for organization ‘PTC’ where ‘Commercial Proposal Document’ Is the name of the Template.

1. cmpDOC.setDomainRef(doc.getDomainRef());

WTDocument docTemplate = TemplateHelper.getDocumentTemplate("Commercial Proposal Template", "PTC");

System.out.println("Document Template Name : - "+docTemplate.getName());

doc=(WTDocument) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(doc, true);

System.out.println("childDoc Name : - "+doc.getName());

PersistenceHelper.manager.save(cmpDOC);

wt.content.ContentHelper.service.copyContent((wt.content.ContentHolder)docTemplate, (wt.content.ContentHolder)cmpDOC);

Thanks,

Kaushik

Ran across this while trying to do the same thing.  Ended up using a lot of what was said here with the addition of using EnterpriseHelper.  With this I didn't need ContentHelper at all and it'll maintain the Save-As History accurately (which is what create from template does through the UI, it seems).

here's the code

public class DocumentHelper {

 /**
 * not sure what's going on here. got the code from...
 * https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill/How-java-code-to-create-WTDocument-from-template-in-Project/m-p/432582#M50927%3F&art_lang=en&posno=2&q=service.copyContent&source=search
 * 
 */
 public static WTDocument getDocumentTemplate (String paramDocTemplateName, WTContainerRef paramDocTemplateContainerRef)
 {
 WTDocument docTemplate = null;
 ReferenceFactory referenceFactory = new ReferenceFactory();

 try {
 ArrayList templatesList = WTDocumentHelper.service.getTemplates(paramDocTemplateContainerRef);
 for (int i = 0; i < templatesList.size(); i++)
 {
 String[] templateProperties = (String[]) templatesList.get(i);
 if (templateProperties[1].equals(paramDocTemplateName))
 {
 docTemplate = (WTDocument)referenceFactory.getReference(templateProperties[4]).getObject();
 break;
 }
 }
 docTemplate = (WTDocument)VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(docTemplate, true);
 if (docTemplate == null)
 throw new WTException("Not found -> WTDocument Template: " + paramDocTemplateName);
 } catch (WTException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }

 return docTemplate;
 }

 public static WTDocument createDocumentFromTemplate(String paramDocName, String paramDocTemplateName, WTContainer paramDocContainer) throws WTException
 {
 WTDocument doc = null;
 WTContainerRef containerRef = WTContainerRef.newWTContainerRef(paramDocContainer);

 try {
 WTDocument docTemplate = getDocumentTemplate(paramDocTemplateName, containerRef);
 doc = (WTDocument)EnterpriseHelper.service.newCopy((RevisionControlled)docTemplate);
 doc.setName(paramDocName);
 doc.setContainerReference(containerRef);
 doc.setDomainRef(paramDocContainer.getDefaultDomainReference());
 doc = (WTDocument)EnterpriseHelper.service.saveCopy((RevisionControlled)docTemplate, (RevisionControlled)doc);
 doc = (WTDocument)TemplatesUtility.changeFilename((WTDocument)doc);
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }
 
 return doc;
 }
}

I don't necessarily like using code I don't fully understand... the getDocumentTemplate for example.  Before I go to production I might end up changing that function to using the PersistanceHelper.find method of getting it.