Properties Grid

[Stemdriller]

Hi

I am trying to insert properties from the Behaviours/Properties area to the Properties grid (System) and viceversa remove ones that we don't use.

Can this be done??

Gareth

[olearya]

Hi Gareth, 

What version of Vault are you using?

[Stemdriller]

Hi Allan,

We have Vault Pro 2011

[olearya]

Hi Gareth,

OK, wanted to be sure before I led you down the wrong path - there are 2 parts to this:

The property Grid on the right of the window shows all the properties associated with that file(s), not necessarily all that is available through the admin tools.

If you create a new property and associate it to a file category, it will not appear on a file unless it is newly checked in to Vault or its manually added to the file (Actions - Add or Remove Properties). So using Add/Remove you can change what properties are associated to the file.

You are never able to remove a system property but you can hide properties - at the top of the property grid you should see "+/-" buttons that allow you to add or hide properties from the grid, not affecting the properties associated with the file, just whether you see them or not.

I hope this helps.

[psaarloos]

Hi Allan,

Where is the information about hidden properties in the property grid stored.. Is it stored in a xml file? If so, can you point out the right file? I want to distribute this file so all users have the same properties displayed in the property grid..

Thanks!

Regards,
Pim

[yuhui.zhang]

hi Pim,

it's stored at C:\Users\<OS user name>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Autodesk Vault Professional <version>\Objects\Preferences.xml

Hope it helps