how upload pdf as a viewable file without conversion task

RE: how upload pdf as a viewable file without conversion task

AngelaIp — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:29:22 GMT

I know a bit about Solidworks PDM but not much about the Aras Solidworks connector. Not sure how much this one is customizable.

Isn´t the Aras Solidworks plugin just an installer? Are you able to add custom functionality to this one?

I hope I don´t talk bullsh*t right now. When you´re able to add custom code, I thought it should be able to run custom code like the file upload via iom.dll.
..Or maybe run a curl script that does an upload via rest API.
..Or call a custom Aras Method that does the upload (when file is located on server already).

Really not sure if any of this one can work in your context. Basically you have to discover your file, make a server connection and upload this one, create a new CAD document or something else.

With permission I not meant Aras permission, but the permission to access folders or files on client or server.

Not sure if this one is really what you´re are looking for. As mentioned before, I am not familiar with customizing the Solidworks connector. I mainly answered, cause I am interested in the use case.

RE: how upload pdf as a viewable file without conversion task

Pavlo — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:08:36 GMT

thanx for respond, Angela
on a screenshot you can see Submit task in SolidWorks PDM.

Indeed we have a custom tool for pdf creation from our drawings. that tool have already pretty much other functions.
At this moment we would like to use it to switch jpeg viewable files to those pdfs.
It looks like using Aras Submit Task is good enough for that.

What kind of permissions and where should we check to be able to do what we want, Angela, how do you think?
Permissions inside that task itself?

RE: how upload pdf as a viewable file without conversion task

AngelaIp — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:45:27 GMT

Hi Pavel,

I want to build something similar for a custom document management system.

You can upload pdf with standard IOM api or rest. Do you have programmed the shown tool by yourself? Are you already able to generate the pdf itself? The upload it self should be a big deal, maybe it´s just a permission problem?

RE: how upload pdf as a viewable file without conversion task

AngelaIp — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:44:58 GMT

Hi Pavel,

I want to build something similar for a custom document management system.