New ThinClient URL

[xavier_dumont1]

Hello,

The new Thin Client 2014 (with subscription advantage pack) has a new kind of URL to access file (regarding the fileID).

http://servername/AutodeskTC/servername/vaultname#/Entity/Details?id=mRklMRTpMQVRFU1Q6MTMxOTQxNA&itemtype=File

How can we create this URL from a file in Vault (my goal is to create the URL from a Vault-Addin in order to place this URL in a ERP system).

I try with persistantID but I don't get the same ID. And if I try to resolve the ID (mRklMRTpMQVRFU1Q6MTMxOTQxNA) in Vault API, I don't get anything...

Is there a way to create this URL?

Thanks in advance for you help and have a nice day.

[Daniel.Du · Accepted solution]

Hi,

      
GetPersistentIds and ResolvePersistentIds in the KnowledgeVaultService are the functions to use for converting between file IDs and the persistent IDs.  Keep in mind that there are two types of persistent IDs for files.  If EntPersistOpt is History, the Persistent ID is for a specific file version.  If EntPersistOpt is Latest, the Persistent ID is for the latest version of the file.  The caller has to know which type to use.  There is no way to tell the type by looking at the Persistent ID itself.

Following code works fine for me : 

void ThinClientUrlCmd_Execute(object sender, CommandItemEventArgs e)
      {
       
        WebServiceManager webMgr =  e.Context.Application.Connection.WebServiceManager;
 
        ISelection selectedItem = e.Context.CurrentSelectionSet.FirstOrDefault<ISelection>();
        if (selectedItem != null)
        {
            if (selectedItem.TypeId == SelectionTypeId.File || selectedItem.TypeId == SelectionTypeId.FileVersion)
            {
              File file = webMgr.DocumentService.GetLatestFileByMasterId(selectedItem.Id);
 
             string[] ids = webMgr.KnowledgeVaultService.GetPersistentIds("FILE",
              new long[]{file.Id}, 
              Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.EntPersistOpt.Latest);
 
             string id = ids[0];
             id = id.TrimEnd('=');
             string result = string.Format("{0}://{1}/AutodeskTC/{1}/{2}#/Entity/Details?id=m{3}=&itemtype=File",
                  "Http", "localhost", e.Context.Application.Connection.Vault, id);
 
 
             System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(result);
            }
        }
 
 
 
      }

[xavier_dumont1]

You are the best 🙂 Thanks a lot and have a nice day.