13 Replies Latest reply on Jun 10, 2013 10:02 AM by Wim Van Der Velden

Can't retain column position in EPDM vault view

David Heverin May 23, 2013 9:17 AM

I recently upgraded to EPDM 2013 from EPDM 2012. Since then I have found that when I re-position cloumns in my vault view they do not "stick". This may be a Windows issue, but if so, then EPDM needs to find a way to play nice with Windows in thie respect. It is extremely distracting to always need to reposition these columnsevery time I go to look another file.

This is the default appearance:

This is how I re-order the columns to what I wish to see:

Then, when I go to look at another folder, it reverts back to the default display:

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a Windows setting that will allow column position to "stick" once changed?

I have searched here for answers but have not been successful finding any yet. Does someone know how to fix this annoying issue?

Thanks,

Dave

Re: Can't retain column position in EPDM vault view

Ed Hawkins May 23, 2013 9:20 AM (in response to David Heverin)

This is normally related to windows permission settings. You may need to make sure that you have a resonably high level of permission, or otherwsie system changes like this will not be saved in the registry.
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Re: Can't retain column position in EPDM vault view

Joy Garon May 23, 2013 9:33 AM (in response to David Heverin)

Hi David -

This was brought up yesterday in our Virtual EPDM User Group meeting - you are not the oly one experiencing this issue.
Is anyone using 2013 and re-ordering the 'system default' columns and getting them to stick when you close and re-open.

Joy
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  Ed Hawkins May 23, 2013 9:35 AM (in response to Joy Garon)
  
  Joy,
  Mine works fine - Just checked it before replying to Dave. I'm running Win 8 with EPDM 2013 (albeit not at the latest SP)
  
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    Joy Garon May 23, 2013 9:42 AM (in response to Ed Hawkins)
    
    Ed,
    
    You brave man - Windows 8!
    The folks who are having the issue are on Windows 7.
    
    Joy
    
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  Charley Saint May 23, 2013 10:30 AM (in response to Joy Garon)
  
  Joy,
  
  Mine works fine, I can move columns around and everything seems to stick, even after restarting explorer. I think the issues is with this registry key:
  
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\Applications\PDMWorks Enterprise\Vaults\<Vault Name>\CTDMListView\ColOrder
  
  If you delete it the system will recreate it when you move another column with the default settings from the vault. I want to say it can get corrupted if you delete something from the column view but don't hold me to that.
  
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    Tim Webb May 23, 2013 10:38 AM (in response to Charley Saint)
    
    Charley,
    
    What if IT does not allow EPDM users to be local admins on their computer? I don't think any of the EPDM users at Dave's facility have admin permissions and are not power users either so they are unable to write to the registry.
    
    He recently upgraded EPDM from 2012 to 2013 and has just begun experiencing the issue. OS Win7
    
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      Charley Saint May 23, 2013 10:45 AM (in response to Tim Webb)
      
      Tim,
      
      You shouldn't need to be a local admin to write to the Current_User section of the registry, that's usually only required to write to the Local_Machine section unless the computer has been severly locked down. If that is the case he should have full access to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks key and all subkeys or he won't even be able to rearrange toolbars in SolidWorks and make it stick.
      
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        David Heverin May 23, 2013 11:27 AM (in response to Charley Saint)
        
        Charley,
        
        I agree with your statement in general terms. Here there is a very strict security process and part of the outcome is that many of the areas that users may normally be able to write to are blocked. It is a constant give-and-take with IT security and the ability of SW/EPDM users to function in their day-to-day activities. I can check to see if the "current_user" key is writable on client machines. If not, there is a good reason for this issue.
        
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      David Heverin May 23, 2013 11:22 AM (in response to Tim Webb)
      
      Tim,
      
      See my reply to Joy........
      
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  David Heverin May 23, 2013 11:21 AM (in response to Joy Garon)
  
  Joy,
  
  I just did a few more experiments. In the EPDM admin tool, I reordered columns in my "file list". I had not looked at this since the 2013 upgrade. I made some order changes and filed width changes. I see them reflected in my vault view, as expected.
  
  But, NOW, when in the vault view and I move columns abitrarily, they "stick" where I relocate them.
  
  Maybe EPDM just needed a "kick-in-the-butt" to wake up for this feature?
  
  I don't know what else may have effected, but apprarently adjusting columns in the admin tool allows a user to move columns in the vault view and they will now "stick" where placed. Very peculiar.............
  
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    Joy Garon May 23, 2013 11:46 AM (in response to David Heverin)
    
    Interesting ...thank for the follow-up David...
    
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    Tim Webb May 23, 2013 11:51 AM (in response to David Heverin)
    
    That is interesting. It is like a "re-initialize" command.
    
    Thanks for the thorough investigation Dave. And thanks for the research on the front end Charley.
    
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    Wim Van Der Velden Jun 10, 2013 10:02 AM (in response to David Heverin)
    
    Thanks Charley and David. Deleting the original registry key works also on my system (Win7 - EPDM2013).
    
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