working with Vault controlled components

[NachoShaw]

Hey

Even though i have mentioned vault, its more appropriate for Inventor as thats the issue im having right now.

My 1st app opens an assembly from the local vault template folder, loops through the leaf occurrences and copies them to the new location. During the copy, it removes any Read Only flag on the file. It then opens the new assembly and replaces the references for each component. This process still gives me a vault dialog about wanting to check out the files even though i have suppressed the dialogs.

Version 2 uses apprentice and copies an assembly similar to Pack & Go, renaming them in the collection then copying them but i still get the vault dialog.

Has anyone worked with vault controlled files in their code / automation and found a suitable method that works?

Thanks

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Yes I have indeed.
Sometimes the Vault dialogs are confusing and still popping up.
The only option with your story above (it looks like a file copier) is to unload the vault add-in shortly and then after the copy (save to new location and make the references) load it again.
I have written my selves an add-in that makes a copy design for a complete structure (dwg->assembly->parts) without having the above issues anymore. You are also able to use the Vault API to do something about it...

[NachoShaw]

Thanks for the reply

We currently use vault basic so the api is limited. Also I kinda feel the vault copy tool is way too slow a process.

I have a few other options to try yet so will report back on what works

Thanks bud