How to force comments during "Check In" to PTC Windchill (Essentials)?

Question

Hi there,how can I force my engineers to use the comment field during check in process in Windchill?Is there a way like (if comments.length() =0 then error)? My first thought was to use modelcheck, but I guess this works only on the Creo side.Any suggestions?

BineshKumar1 · Accepted Answer

By inspecting page through chrome developer tools, it looks like the js getting called when you click on finish in check-in page is /templates/uwgm/cadx/checkin/checkintables.js. You can add a condition in this js, under the function CheckinOkClicked to throw out an alert if the length of IterationComment element is less than 0.

This should work for workspace checkin operation, but might not work for Creo - Auto Checkin.

Thanks

Binesh Kumar

Barry Wehmiller

Mat · Answer

Modifiing the checkintables.js solved this request.

look for CheckinOkClicked() in "<Windchill>\codebase\templates\uwgm\cadx\checkin\checkintables.js" (typically line 1208).

Change function to:

function CheckinOkClicked()
{
  var comment_value =  getControlValue("IterationComment", null); // get content of comment field
  applyOptions();
  // Moved showMainDivPage (false) to CheckinDocs to execute it only in case of valid documents
  // to process for Checkin action, otherwise addMessage will be shown in checkin page.
  // - ALS for SPR:1489503
  if (isWildfire) {
    if (performOk() && comment_value.length !=0) { // only proceed, if comment field is not empty (You could also change that to get a minimum length)
        
      closeFolderWindow();
      var mCompBox = document.getElementById("ComparisonReport");
      if( mCompBox != null && mCompBox.checked == true ) {
        showMainDivPage(false);
        var form = document.forms['getDependents_Form'];
        var selObjs = form['sel_exist_objs'];
        var cfgOpt  = form['cfgopt'];
        var cfgVal  = form['cfgval'];
        var sbNum  =  form['state_or_baselinenumber'];
        var isCheckInPage  =  form['isCheckInPage'];
        var seed_Obj_Oids = getFinalSelected();
        selObjs.value = seed_Obj_Oids;
        cfgOpt.value = "";
        cfgVal.value = "";
        sbNum.value = "";
        isCheckInPage.value = "true";
        form.action = diff_report_url;
        form.submit();
      }
      else {
        CheckinDocs();
      }
    }
    else{
        // comments are empty
        if(comment_value.length == 0) alert("Please insert comment."); // if empty comment field was the problem, throw an alert
    }
  }
  else {
    if (performScrollOk()) {
        
      closeFolderWindow();
      var ref_url = "cancelClicked";
      submitJSTableTask( PTC.Cadx.Checkin.CHECKINTABLEID , itemToBeSubmitted, "CHECKINTASK", ref_url ,addOptionsToForm, "MultiCheckinTaskSubmitHelper");
    }
  }
}

Works with Creo 3.0 & Windchill Essentials 10.2 M020.

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