Pro/I Help - Admin

Scripting 2

This builds on the original scripting article - and gives you more ideas on how UI scripting can help you ...

Here's a few more uses for Intralink scripting, where some smart thinking can save you a lot of repetitive typing . . .

Add attribute values to a list

Say you've got a new attribute which needs a list of "allowable values" - eg: material (or coating description, designer list, etc...)
Or, you may need to set up a new server with a standard material list...

Do you fancy typing or copy-pasting all the values into the Intralink dialog box?
Didn't think so - this would take ages.

Before continuing - work on a BACKUP database, or with a non-critical attribute - these are powerful commands

Get to your Admin | Attributes | Object Attributes page

then kick off Scripting (Ctrl + S) and get Recording (with a meaningful name)

Start | Type a new value | Add | Change | Stop
You can open the .java file at PDM_LDB_PATH\.proi\.data\user.data\source\ in a text editor and see what's going on...

Take your material list and add this text round the values: IL.addEnumRestriction( "XXXXXXX" );
Just a simple Find/Replace should do the job... then incorporate these lines into the .java file and recompile it
(see "Get compiled" section in original article)

This example adds a few new values to the attribute list (use at your own risk!):
// Version: Intralink v.3.3, (build #2003290 - I5.0.0.108) // Start Macro Recording import com.ptc.intralink.client.script.*; import com.ptc.intralink.script.*; public class add_materials extends ILIntralinkScript { ILIntralinkScriptInterface IL = (ILIntralinkScriptInterface)getScriptInterface(); private void run0 () throws Exception { IL.setAttributeDescription( "" ); IL.setAttributeIndex( false ); IL.removeEnumRestriction( ); IL.addEnumRestriction( "VALUE 1" ); IL.addEnumRestriction( "VALUE 2" ); IL.addEnumRestriction( "VALUE 3" ); // add more materials here, using the same format (no duplicates!) IL.modifyAttribute( ); } // End of run0 public void run () throws Exception { run0 (); // recorded } // End of function } // End Macro Recording

If you add a value by mistake, you can remove it using the method shown here : SQL Remove attribute values

Ed-19-Nov-04

PS - also see this article on Pro/Files magazine on the same subject.