4 Replies Latest reply on Mar 6, 2019 1:45 PM by Jim Sculley

How can I run a custom PDM add in automatically during a workflow?

Tim Wegner Oct 9, 2018 3:56 PM

i have a custom addin which gets part information from a sql database and inserts in information onto the data card in PDM Professional

this is currently refreshed with a button on the data card that runs the addin but i would like to be able to tie the addin run to a state in a workflow so that i know that these fields are updated at the time that the file is going through a particular state in the workflow in case the user did not click this button during editing

does anyone know if custom add-ins can be called using Dispatch? Task add-in?

Re: How can I run a custom PDM add in automatically during a workflow?

Andrew Schutte Oct 10, 2018 8:01 AM (in response to Tim Wegner)

Yes dispatch can be used to start custom applications.
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Re: How can I run a custom PDM add in automatically during a workflow?

Gil Blomdahl Mar 6, 2019 10:18 AM (in response to Tim Wegner)

Hello Tim,
Did you get this to work as we are looking for similar. Can you share your Add-In as well please?
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- Re: How can I run a custom PDM add in automatically during a workflow?
  
  Tim Wegner Mar 6, 2019 1:37 PM (in response to Gil Blomdahl)
  
  no i never got this going
  i found a different work around
  
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  - Re: How can I run a custom PDM add in automatically during a workflow?
    
    Jim Sculley Mar 6, 2019 1:45 PM (in response to Tim Wegner)
    
    FYI:
    
    The way to do this is to hook into the PDM event system. You can listen for state changes (and a lot of other events) and take any action you want.
    
    2017 SOLIDWORKS API Help - Creating Add-in Hooks
    
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