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Hi, I have a requirement wherein I need to start a Windows application (E.g. Notepad/PDF Reader) to open a file downloaded from Windchill on the client machine automatically from the code that would be running on the Method server. It would trigger from a Windchill UI action. As of now, I am not able to figure out how to get the client machine Runtime information to handle such a scenario. Or is there some other way to achieve this in Windchill? Any clue/suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks! .

Hi all,   I'm curious what kind of procedures others have implemented when utilising ProjectLink for sharing data for contractor / external engineering to work on.   We've instructed them to check in everything at the end of the day to make sure the latest is always available in the common space of the Project as we've understood that even for admin it is difficult to Access workspaces' content, but this of course creates a lot of iterations & data files. We've disabled publish for CAD model and drawings in Project and do this only manually when needed (however considering to turn on again the automatic for the drawings. When "Send to PDM" is done this publish is usually enough, despite the fact that there's issues with it not triggering correctly... PTC case opened.)   How would you go about it?

Hello, In Windchill 11, the standard action "checkout" an EPMDocument using I.E or FireFox, opens by default workspace and not the working copy.   Could you please know which change needed to open automaticly the working copy after the EPMDocument  checkout  ?    Thank you.

There may be more than one way to find this out, but I'm looking for the most straight-forward, simplest method for determining the number of items (Documents, CAD docs, etc.) in my Windchill filestore (including all revisions and iterations).  We're currently running Windchill PDMLink 10.2 M030 CPS13. Thank you for the help!

Hi,   Normally we export oracle database using expdp command. consider Windchill having 3 Organization(Org A,Org B and Org C) are present under site.   is it possible to export oracle data only for Org A ?   Regards, Vivek

Windchill 10.2 F000I have a workflow (promotion request) in which I want to send an email from the Start transition of an assigned task. This is so I can customize the email as opposed to the OOTB email you get when you select "Send Notification".If you select "Send Notification" the OOTB email sent contains a handy link to the task as shown below:You have been assigned a Rework Promotion Request <.">http://YourWindchillServer.YourDomain.com/Windchill/app/#ptc1/tcomp/infoPage?oid=OR%3Awt.workflow.work.WorkItem%3A200517051&u8=1>.The link looks like this:http://YourWindchillServer.YourDomain.com/Windchill/app/#ptc1/tcomp/infoPage?oid=OR%3Awt.workflow.work.WorkItem%3A200517051&u8=1

I have a situation where I need to know whether the user chose an approve or reject task option in a standard Review workflow task.  I plan to use the complete transition in the task to place my code.  I need to test the value before the task goes away so I make the system take the proper action.  For example, let's say three people were in the review.  If the first reviewer says approve, then I want the task to call custom code x.  If the next reviewer rejects then I want the task to call custom code y.  The same for the third user and so forth. Simplistically I need the task to do this: get the task vote if vote equals approve     call approval code else     call reject code ===== There plenty of examples on how to use tally for obtaining all the votes for a given review but there isn't an example for how to look at the vote of the task in hand.   Any suggestions?

Hello,   This is the question.  I see this was asked/answered back in 2006 with respect to Intralink 3.4.  What about Windchill 10.2?  I can't find out any info from the knowledge base or product docs.   Thanks!

Issue: Windchill SolidWorks Publisher prints BLANK representations Windchill 11 -  Solid Works Premium 2016 x64 SP 5.0   When publishing .slddrw files in Windchill, the representations are now coming out blank. This WAS working. Not sure what has changed. We did add some additional file types...see additional_file_type_publishrule.xml below.   A normal slddrw as show in _SLDDRW.JPG - this is just how it looks in Solidworks then it turns into the visualization shown in _blankoutput.jpg   NOTE: you can see the title block and some of the call outs (circled in red) appear in the visualization, but nothing else. Already looked into the following: CS48758 and CS111431 - not sure if either are related. Didn't seem to be. See SW recipe files - rcp1, 2, 2a, 3, 3a for current settings.   FYI: We do not use the GS Worker Daemon service, running in Foreground instead. --> Here's an portion of a job log...refers to issue with EDZ?   Jan 29, 2018 12:00:14 PM:Start J

Hi , I am using below components after referring Navigate Support Matrix document: Thingworx 8.0.1 H2, Thingworx Utilities 8.0.1, Windchill Extension 1.7, Navigate Framework 1.4.1 Windchill 11.0 M030 Note: I have successfully installed patch WCTWXExtension in windchill, I have imported every component and extension without any error as mentioned in guide "Thinworx Navigate Installation and Configuration guide".   I am getting error when I am trying to test the connection by running Validate Connection service in ptc-windchill-integration-connector. ​I am getting status as Failed ​and I am getting some error in application log. I have attached log file. Can anyone guide/help me with this?  

Hi, I am attempting to match what we do in windchill to our business process. At development and prototype states the revisions should be Numeric. Once the objects are promoted to pre-production or production the revisions should become Alpha. I have configured for state based versioning and all looks quite positive so far, I then noticed that when i promote to pre-production from the earlier state the revision remains at Numeric until the item is revised. Also if I promote to Production without revising in pre-production this will also appear as Numeric rev until a revise has been done.   Is there a method I can use that will promote and change the revision scheme in one step?

I would like to produce a Windchill relationship text-file report for all Pro/E CAD Documents (epmdocument), using an SQL SELECT statement (Oracle).The output would include the following info:DOCTYPE, NUMBER, Version, relationship-type, Related-DOCTYPE, Related-NUMBER, Related VersionExample output would be something like this:ProE Versioned Part,12345.PRT,A.1,Associated Drawing,ProE Versioned Drawing,12345.DRW,B.5I am slightly familiar with the tables epmdocumentmaster and epmdocument.But I don't know which table (and fields) contains the relationship (where-used) data.Any suggestions?Windchill 9.1Gerry ChampouxWilliams InternationalWalled Lake, MI

Hi All,   I wish to customize a functionality in Windchill likewise to create a dynamic drop down list.    If a user selects Value A in the Attribute A drop down list , Attribute B list should be populated dynamically.   Likewise if Value B is selected in Attribute A again the Attribute B list should change and another list of values should get populated dynamically.   Can you all please let me know like how it is done or possible. In case if anyone has any code snippet regarding the same kindly request you to please share the same.   Thanks in advance!   Best Regards, Aditya Achanta

Curious to know if people are running Windchill 11.0 exclusively with Performance Advisor or System Monitor or using them together. Any pros and cons to one or the other?

I know the latest matrix shows support for only Windows Server 2012, but was wondering if anyone has tried using 2016 and if so, were there any problems. Currently setting up a new server to test. We are getting pressure from our NASA to update all of our Windchill servers to 2016. Many thanks in advance!

Hi, I have been looking for some time into how I reuse certain Parameters from windchill in my Excel or Word templates. I can easily see the majority of parameters and reuse these, however I would like to see who last modified the document. If I look at the windchill database it shows who last modified the file quite easily but I simply cannot get this into my documents. Please someone can you tell me the correct syntax to drive this into excel.  I have support with one of the main resellers and they are not making any headway on this for me.    the parameter appears on the windchill page as "Modified by"

Hello,   I am currently working at a quick overview of differences between PTC Integrity and PTC Windchill. The point is, that I need to know,  what are differences and equalities between ALM and PLM in similar functionalites.   I would really appreciate any helpful links and help.   Best regards, Chris    

Hi,   Can someone please let me know how to delete the documents in a container using a custom utility.    Which API has to be used accordingly. Can anyone share me the code snippet if possible.   Thanks and Regards, Aditya

Hey, gurus!   I feel like I have been able to look this up before.... Can a QuerySpec be case insensitive?  E.g.   qs = new QuerySpec(WTGroup.class); qs.appendWhere(new SearchCondition(WTGroup.class, WTGroup.NAME, SearchCondition.LIKE, "%"+searchValue), new int[]{0});   Would like to find myString by using "string" or "String" or "STRING" for searchValue above.   I am so sure I've read this somewhere........   Looked through the manuals, will go through again.....

Hi, I am trying to remove an existing effectivity context for a WTpart via code. As far as I have checked, there is no API to do so and have tried using PersistenceHelper.manager.delete(obj), but this throws an exception saying that the 'obj' is an effectivity context and hence cannot be deleted. So, I understand that I need to remove this 'obj' as an 'Effectivity context' from the related part but I don't know how to do that yet. Any clue/suggestions would be really appreciated. Thanks!  

There is a request from customer to get detail about certification on WBM. Please advise if someone is aware and can share details.   -Durgesh

Hi, Since the upgrade to the menus system I now am prompted to sign in to the windchill page. How do I get round this? I'm not sure what my password is as it is a saved one, How do I reset?

I'm trying to get the ACL rule correct for a user to be able to add to his workspace EPM Documents at Released.  His workspace is in a different product than the EPM Document.  I thought that I just needed Read and Download in the Product directory for EPM Documents at Released with the Role that the group is in.  Am I missing something?  I'm on WC 11.0.

Hi all,   My client has given 2500+ part numbers in an excel file, asked to trace all the attributes and finally told to change the state of all 2500+ parts in a short interval.   I am almost new to Windchill.  So, any possible solutions are accepted.   Thanks Naga

Hi all,   I have a small question to reduce the manual work.  I have given a work to change the association of WT parts from doc files to CAD files.  I have 100's of files to associate.   In the progress of work, I need to associate all the CAD files and change the association type of each individual, later I need to delete the related document object.  As there are 100's of file, I am taking more than 05 to 10 days to complete the task.  But I don't want to waste my time working on it.   FYKI, I am using Windchill 10.2   Please provide some suggestions.   Thanks Naga Ranjithkumar A