I'm running into an issue where files that are being checked in for the very first time are not having the proper variables created in the custom properties when a user chooses to "keep checked out". This leads to a whole host of issues later on. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to force the customer properties to be created & values set or how to disable "keep checked out" on only the initial check-in?
Solidworks 2011 sp3.0,
EPDM 2011 sp3.1
Thanks!
We assisted Greg with this issue he was having and found out that the problem was that the data cards had the "DrawnBy" field under two different tabs on the data card. The two different fields were not defined the same way. In one case the field was defined to have the users initials as the default value for a new file. The field on the second data card tab had no default value defined. The conflict on the data card field definitions cause the symptoms Greg reported.
Regarding the updating of property information. If the data cards and variables are defined correctly they should update a file that is open in SolidWorks. For example - open a part in SolidWorks, open and edit the files "description' data card field through the EPDM add-in interface, look at the file custom property and the revised description property should be updated without any further action on the users part.
But this does require the data card and variables to be configured correctly of course! :-)