Problem with IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties and AutoCAD...

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:22:04 GMT

So here's the problem:

When trying to update a mapped UDP on a DWG file (AutoCAD Mechanical) inside the Vault Explorer via Edit Properties it works like a charm and both properties (Vault and also ACADM) are good.

Unfortunelty when trying to update the exact same property on the excat same file via the Vault API (IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties) it doesn't work like a charm as you can see here:

The value 'test' is not updated inside of the DWG file for any reason!

For testing purposes I've put the source code for updating properties to a console app:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web.Services;

using Autodesk.Connectivity.Explorer.ExtensibilityTools;
using Autodesk.Connectivity.Explorer.Extensibility;
using Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices;
using Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServicesTools;

namespace VaulttSandbox
{
    class Program
    {
        private static UserPasswordCredentials _cred;
        private static WebServiceManager _srvMgr;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            _cred = null;
            _cred = new UserPasswordCredentials("***", "***", "Administrator", "***");
            _srvMgr = new WebServiceManager(_cred);

            File[] aal = _srvMgr.DocumentService.GetLatestFilesByFolderId(12, false);
            File myDrawing = aal.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "Zeichnung_BRE.dwg");            


            // initialise properties dictionary
            Dictionary<PropDef, object> propertiesDict = new Dictionary<PropDef, object>();            
            PropDefInfo[] propDefInfo = _srvMgr.PropertyService.GetPropertyDefinitionInfosByEntityClassId("FILE", null);
            propertiesDict.Add(propDefInfo.FirstOrDefault(x => x.PropDef.DispName == "Initial Created By").PropDef, "test");


            // update properties
            IExplorerUtil explUtil = ExplorerLoader.LoadExplorerUtil(
                        _cred.ServerName,
                        _cred.VaultName,
                        _srvMgr.SecurityService.SecurityHeader.UserId,
                        _srvMgr.SecurityService.SecurityHeader.Ticket);
            explUtil.UpdateFileProperties(myDrawing, propertiesDict);
            
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Some more informationen:

- when running the above code there occurs no exception

- using VS Express 2012 Windows Desktop / Vault Pro 2013 Update 1

- target framework: .NET 4.0

- when trying to update a inventor file via the Vault API there is no problem at all

- problems with property mapping is out of question, because property could be edit via Vault Explorer

Re: Problem with IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties and AutoCAD...

Daniel.Du — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:50:07 GMT

We have logged a report for this issue to our engineering team [IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties does not update mapped AutoCAD properties]

Re: Problem with IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties and AutoCAD...

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:29:14 GMT

It doesn't work for bi-directional inventor iProperties either, it seems.

Is there any information on this?

Re: Problem with IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties and AutoCAD...

psaarloos — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:09:35 GMT

Install the latest update and the latest hotfix on top of that and give it another go. Does that make and difference? We got the problem solved by doing this..

Regards,
Pim

Re: Problem with IExplorerUtil.UpdateFileProperties and AutoCAD...

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:59:12 GMT

I have the same issue on Vault 2014 Professional SR1 SP2. So it's likely not the updates fixing it.

Best regards

Erik

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