topic Re: Delete API in Vault Customization Forum

Delete API

Anonymous — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:40:37 GMT

I am looking to delete all .dwfx files that belong to a particular Category in Vault Collaboration 2011.

Does anyone have the code to do this?

Cheers,

AllenG

Re: Delete API

Redmond.D — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:35:07 GMT

I don't have code for you, but I can tell you how to do it.

Use DocumentService.FindFilePathsBySearchConditions to set up a search for files with a specific category name. Next, call DocumentService.DeleteFileFromFolder on all the results.

Re: Delete API

Anonymous — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:17:46 GMT

Doug,

I am using the base code from the SDK VaultFileBrowser sample.

I am unable to find DocumentService.FindFilePathsBySearchConditions.

I tried using DocumentService.FindFilesBySearchConditions instead but the result does not contain the folderId that must be passed to DocumentService.DeleteFileFromFolder.

I tried replacing it with DocumentService.FindFileFoldersBySearchConditions but I get this error:

Error 2 Value of type '1-dimensional array of Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.FileFolder' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional array of Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.File' because 'Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.FileFolder' is not derived from 'Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.File'.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

AllenG

Re: Delete API

Redmond.D — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:20:30 GMT

Sorry, I must have mistyped the funciton name. FindFileFoldersBySearchConditions is the one you want.

The return type for that function is "FileFolder []" but you are trying to assign it to a variable of type "File []" so that is why you are getting a compile error.

Re: Delete API

Anonymous — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:57:05 GMT

Thank You Doug,

That did the trick.

Here is the section of code that I modified from the original VaultFileBrowser SDK code in case someone else needs it.

Note that this will cause the deleation of files without user intervention based on the search criteria.

I used the Advanced Find to filter the files with Category contains Name and File contains .DWFX

This allowed me to delete a large number of specific .DWFX files.

Dim fileList As List(Of FileFolder) = New List(Of FileFolder)()

Dim bookmark As String = String.Empty

Dim status As SrchStatus = Nothing

While (status Is Nothing OrElse fileList.Count < status.TotalHits)

Dim files As FileFolder() = m_docSvc.FindFileFoldersBySearchConditions(conditions, Nothing, Nothing, True, _

True, bookmark, status)

If (Not files Is Nothing) Then

fileList.AddRange(files)

End If

Label3.Text = fileList.Count.ToString & " of " & status.TotalHits.ToString

Me.Refresh()

End While

If (fileList.Count > 0) Then

'iterate through found files and display them in the search results list box then delete it

For Each file As FileFolder In fileList

'create the list item that will wrap the File

Dim fileItem As ListBoxFileItem = New ListBoxFileItem(file.File)

m_searchResultsListBox.Items.Add(fileItem)

' This next line will delete the File without warning

m_docSvc.DeleteFileFromFolderUnconditional(file.File.MasterId, file.Folder.Id)

Next file

Re: Delete API

mgrenier1 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:09:33 GMT

Would anyone happen to have an updated version for Vault Pro 2026?

Re: Delete API

mgrenier1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:32 GMT

Anyone?