Vault Data Standard

[oakleym]

I want to change the Inventor data card to allow a user to select the folder to place the file into at checkin.

as you can see in the attachment, all the folders are listed but not in the format of a tree or browser.

Is this possible to list out or browse to the vault folder?

thanks

[marco.mirandola]

Yes, it's possibile. There are 2 possibilities:

1. the simples way to do this is to use our free folderPicker: http://blog.coolorange.com/2014/03/28/folderpicker-revisited/
2. the secon way is to embedd a treeview inside the combobox, but this requires higher skills in WPF and scripting

the folderPicker has been created a while ago to address exactly your request. It allows you to pick a folder from Vault, but it also keeps a history of the selected folders and allows you to set favorites. this way, you don't have to expand the folder tree every time. Additionally it's possibile to tewak the search logic, so that only folder of a certain type (for instance only projects) are shown. So, it's quite flexible. We made it free as we think this is something a lot of people need, so you can use the compiled version and also get the source code in case you like to go even further.

the second option i mentioned is quite cool, as WPF provides a lot of possibilities to create very cool looking controls. However, this is something that requires deep understanding of WPF technique, so i would suggest that you go with the folderPicker.

i hope this helps!!

ciao

marco

[Anonymous]

Hi Marco,

Where can I find the compiled version of folderPicker and the source code?

I want to use folderPicker

Thanks in advance!

[marco.mirandola]

Hi, the compiled version of the folderPicker can be found on our http://blog.coolorange.com

The blog points to a github page where you can download the compiled version. We will change this and place on github the source code and have the binary on the blog. So, keep an eye on the blog posts.

ciao, marco