Windchill Workgroup Manager Annotation Functions

• sd-uwgm-register-frame
• sd-uwgm-tr-register-date-attribute
• sd-uwgm-tr-set-date-format

SD-UWGM-REGISTER-FRAME  [function]

(sd-uwgm-register-frame name file-name)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Registers a Windchill frame in Annotation. Once registered, users will be able to select the frames which are stored in Windchill in Annotation drawings.

Parameters:

name {STRING}

String containing the name of the frame to be displayed in Annotation.

file-name {STRING}

String containing the file name of the Frame in Windchill.

Return Value:

T - Success

nil - Failure

Example:

(sd-uwgm-register-frame "WGM A4" "FRAME A4.mi")
  

SD-UWGM-TR-REGISTER-DATE-ATTRIBUTE  [function]

(sd-uwgm-tr-register-date-attribute attribute)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Registers the attribute name used in a text reference as a date attribute.

Parameters:

attribute {STRING}

Windchill attribute name.

Return Value:

no return value - always

Example:

(sd-uwgm-tr-register-date-attribute "PTC_WM_CREATED_ON")
  

For information on the concepts of defining Text References to be date attributes and specifying a display format for these, see here.

SD-UWGM-TR-SET-DATE-FORMAT  [function]

(sd-uwgm-tr-set-date-format format :format-always format-always)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Sets the display format for registered date text references.

Parameters:

format {STRING}

Format in which date text references should be displayed.

For the complete list of supported formats see the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting Programming Reference Guide (TR_SET_DATE_FORMAT).

format-always {KEYWORD}

• :ON format on every text reference update
• :OFF only format upon load

Return Value:

no return value - always

Example:

(sd-uwgm-tr-set-date-format "WDY DD.MM.YYYY" :format-always :on)

For information on the concepts of defining Text References to be date attributes and specifying a display format for these, see here.