ThinClient 2024 Download URL

[gustavoGGT]

Hi,

From a PDF-file in VaultPro 2019 it was possible to create/save a download URL for the ThinClient. This URL can be used in ERP to view the PDF. 

2019 URL (without http:):

 //srv110/AutodeskTC/srv110/VaultHVEE/Document/Download?fileId=vRklMRTpISVNUT1JZOjc5OTk1MDI&downloadAsInline=true

With VaultPro 2024/2025 this URL format does not work anymore and the format is complete different (as I saw when I clicked 'DownLoad' in TC). Is there a possibility to create the new download URL with the Vault API?

Thanks,

Regards,

Guus

[Nick_Hall]

Hi Guus

I don't think there is an easy way to create a download link.

But as a workaround, you could create a link to the file in the Thin Client, and the user could then click the download link (after logging in).

The format would be http(s):://<server>/AutodeskTC/<vaultname>/explore/file/<fileID>

Where

• <server> is the server name
• <vaultname> is the vault name
• <fileID> is the ID of the file version to download

Hope that helps

Nick

[Markus.Koechl]

Vault 2025 Update 2 added the "Link to ThinClient" as a default property; you can add it to the main grid or detail tabs. This link is auto-created and no longer needs any code.

For technical (and security) reasons, the current Thinclient architecture no longer allows the creation of a download link. But let me consider what we might achieve by leveraging the new Data API as an alternate approach to downloading a file using a single click on another web page.

[josealberto.torres]

Hi Markus.

I have installed Update 2 of Vault Server 2025 (There is not yet 2 for Vault Client 2025) and I cannot find the option you indicate of "Link to ThinClient" as a property.
I am creating a development with C# that extracts a series of properties and sends them to the ERP. And I would also need to send a Link to Vault Thin Client as a property, so that they can open that file in Vault Thin Client from the ERP.
I have tried the syntax that Nick_Hall proposes in the previous message, but the browser gives me an error if I copy and paste it or if I click on a link.
Could we have an example of how to extract it with C# from the Vault API (I access via WebServiceManager)
Thanks.

[Markus.Koechl · Accepted solution]

I need to clarify my previous post: The Thin Client Link is available as a (calculated) field in the main grid (or email template) rather than as a property that stores a value.

To create the link programmatically the approach of Nick_Hall is the way to go, but FileID is the master Id not the version Id: .../explore/file/<file.MasterId>. The version ID can create the link to a historical file version: .../explore/fileversion/<file.id>.

[josealberto.torres]

Ver Thanks Markus... 👍