topic How to download documents to a different folder and avoid Inventor opening the working folder copies in Vault Customization Forum

How to download documents to a different folder and avoid Inventor opening the working folder copies

ls-4453 — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 20:32:26 GMT

When downloading documents with AcquireFiles, VDF.Vault.Settings.AcquireFilesSettings.LocalPath can be set to download to a different folder than the working folder. I combine this with VDF.Vault.Currency.VersionGatheringOption.Actual in order to download a snapshot of a prior version of a document and all its children.

The documents are correctly downloaded, however when they are opened with Inventor, instead of opening the referenced children from the temporary folder I downloaded them to, it opens the copies in my working folder. This means that my "snapshot" of a past version is not shown correctly.

Is there a way to update the references when downloading to this temporary folder so that Inventor will open the correct children?

For reference, the comment in the link below describes having the exact same issue.

https://justonesandzeros.typepad.com/blog/2013/08/working-folder.html#comment-6a0120a5728249970b01b8d15d2a79970c

Re: How to download documents to a different folder and avoid Inventor opening the working folder copies

Markus.Koechl — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:28:35 GMT

You should download and activate the IPJ file from Vault; you can review a sample here: https://github.com/koechlm/Vault-Sample---InventorExportAnySampleJob/blob/2023/Autodesk.VLTINVSRV.ExportSampleJob/JobExtension.cs#L247. In difference to the sample that enforces the working folder you can replace the target path with yours.

Re: How to download documents to a different folder and avoid Inventor opening the working folder copies

gbadziura — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:30:22 GMT

Hi @Markus.Koechl

I took a look at your example. However, it does not solve the problem of unresolved references after a CopyDesign.
I have the problem that an assembly is copied and all files are renamed in the process. If you then want to download the assembly with AcquireFiles and open it in Inventor without a vault connection, the references cannot be resolved, even though all files were downloaded correctly.
So what do I need to do with the API after CopyDesign so that the references are updated and Inventor can open this assembly cleanly even without a vault connection?

Best regards

Gerhard Badziura

Re: How to download documents to a different folder and avoid Inventor opening the working folder copies

Markus.Koechl — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:00:29 GMT

Hi @gbadziura , did you try the approach proposed in solution of: Solved: Vault 2025 External Exe: AquireFiles with UpdateFileReferences=true Workaround - Autodesk Community?

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gbadziura — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:09:50 GMT

Hi @Markus.Koechl

Thanks, I found it yesterday evening by myself and ist seems to be the solution. I didn't get around to correcting my post accordingly.