3 Replies Latest reply on Mar 25, 2013 3:31 PM by Geir Danielsen

    Running templates with EPDM API

    Wojciech Obst
    Wojciech Obst Apr 20, 2012 1:49 AM

      Hi,

       

      Question is in topic - has anybody found opportunity to run EPDM template with API? Any other options?

       

      Thanks in advance!

       

      Best,

      Wojciech

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        • Re: Running templates with EPDM API
          Geir Danielsen
          Geir Danielsen Apr 20, 2012 6:41 AM (in response to Wojciech Obst)

          Hello  Wojciech,

           

          You can try this code: 

          Sub RunTemplate(ByVal _vault As IEdmVault5, ByVal _folder As IEdmFolder5, ByVal _templateName As String)
                  ' Get the template manager IEdmTemplateMgr5
                  Dim tempMgr As IEdmTemplateMgr5
                  tempMgr = _vault

                  ' Find the template with the specified name
                  Dim pos As IEdmPos5
                  pos = tempMgr.GetFirstTemplatePosition
                  Dim temp As IEdmTemplate53 = Nothing
                  Dim foundIt As Boolean
                  foundIt = False

                  While (Not pos.IsNull) And (Not foundIt)
                      temp = tempMgr.GetNextTemplate(pos)
                      If temp.GetMenuString = _templateName Then
                          foundIt = True
                      End If
                  End While
                  If Not foundIt Then Exit Sub

                  ' Execute the template
                  Dim retData() As System.Object ' EdmData
                  Dim refreshFlag As Long
                  refreshFlag = temp.RunEx(0, _folder.ID, retData)


              End Sub

           

          GeirDa!

            • Re: Running templates with EPDM API
              David Carpenter
              David Carpenter Mar 25, 2013 2:57 PM (in response to Geir Danielsen)

              Geir,

               

              I ran across your entry today and wondered if you or someone else might be able to point me to some documentation or help.

               

              I'm using code similar to yours above to create folders from a template. The code works as expected most of the time. However, when the folder being created already exists, I get no error indication back. My guess is that there is some information loaded into this "retData" array that would tell me that the folder already exists but I can't find anywhere in the PDM documentation about what this array has in it or how it is structured. Do you know where I can find out?

               

              Thanks,

              David

                • Re: Running templates with EPDM API
                  Geir Danielsen
                  Geir Danielsen Mar 25, 2013 3:31 PM (in response to David Carpenter)

                  Hello David,

                   

                  Try to debug your code with something like this:

                          

                         ' Execute the template
                          Dim retData() As System.Object
                         'or...Dim retData As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(EdmData), 1)
                          Dim refreshFlag As Long
                          refreshFlag = temp.RunEx(0, _folder.ID, retData)

                          Dim myData As EdmData
                          Dim idx As Long
                          idx = LBound(retData)
                          Dim upper As Long
                          upper = UBound(retData)

                          While idx <= upper
                              myData = retData(idx)
                              Select Case myData.Type
                                  Case EdmDataType.EdmData_File
                                      Debug.Print("Type=File, Path=" + myData.Get(EdmDataPropertyType.EdmProp_Path))
                                  Case EdmDataType.EdmData_Folder
                                      Debug.Print("Type=Folder, path=" + myData.Get(EdmDataPropertyType.EdmProp_Path))
                                  Case EdmDataType.EdmData_Variable
                                      Debug.Print("Type=Variable, Name=" + myData.Get(EdmDataPropertyType.EdmProp_Name) + ", Value=" + myData.Get(EdmDataPropertyType.EdmProp_Value))
                                  Case Else
                                      Debug.Print("Unknown data type")
                              End Select

                              idx = idx + 1
                          End While

                   

                  GeirDa!