Filter out unnecessary categories in VDS dialog box

[alex_hiis6PJP6]

Hey

I there a way to make changes to the Default.ps1 file to remove unnecessary Categories when VDS dialog box is triggered during an inital save in Inventor?

[Nick_Hall]

Hi

The function you need to change is GetCategories

function GetCategories
{
  if ($dsWindow.Name -eq "FileWindow")
  {
    return $vault.CategoryService.GetCategoriesByEntityClassId("FILE", $true)
  }
  elseif ($dsWindow.Name -eq "FolderWindow")
  {
    return $vault.CategoryService.GetCategoriesByEntityClassId("FLDR", $true)
  }
  elseif ($dsWindow.Name -eq "CustomObjectWindow")
  {
    return $vault.CategoryService.GetCategoriesByEntityClassId("CUSTENT", $true)
  }
}

You need to change this part so that only the values you want are returned

if ($dsWindow.Name -eq "FileWindow")
{
  return $vault.CategoryService.GetCategoriesByEntityClassId("FILE", $true)
}

If you want a hand with the actual filtering code, let me know if 

• You want to exclude the marked categories by name, and return everything else
  Or
• You want to include specific categories and return only those

Hope that helps

Nick
 

[alex_hiis6PJP6]

Yes, I would appreciate the help. I would like to return values "Engineering" "Purchased" "Reference".

[alex_hiis6PJP6]

I think I got it.
I replaced your mentioned line with:

if ($dsWindow.Name -eq "FileWindow")
{
    $allCategories = $vault.CategoryService.GetCategoriesByEntityClassId("FILE", $true)
    $allowedCategoryNames = @("Engineering", "Purchased", "Reference")
    $filteredCategories = $allCategories | Where-Object { $allowedCategoryNames -contains $_.Name }
    return $filteredCategories
}

Can't seemed to get a similar solution to work in Inventor tho.