Windchill Workgroup Manager Direct Functions

• sd-uwgm-element-load
• sd-uwgm-element-exists
• sd-uwgm-element-store
• sd-uwgm-inq-obj-partially-loaded-p

SD-UWGM-ELEMENT-LOAD  [function]

(sd-uwgm-element-load file-name)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Loads an element from Windchill identified by file-name and returns this element as a sel-item.

Parameters:

file-name {STRING}

String containing the file name of a model or library part.

Return Value:

loaded-object {SEL_ITEM} - success

sel-item of the element loaded from Windchill

nil - failure

Example:

(sd-uwgm-element-load "abc.sdpc")
  

SD-UWGM-ELEMENT-EXISTS  [function]

(sd-uwgm-element-exists file-name)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Checks the existence of an element in Windchill. The element is identified by file-name. The function returns the file-name when the element is in the database.

Parameters:

file-name {STRING}

String containing the file name of a model or library part.

Return Value:

file-name - element exist in the database, then the file name is returned

nil - element does not exist in the database or failure

Example:

(sd-uwgm-element-exists "abc.sdpc")
  

SD-UWGM-ELEMENT-STORE  [function]

(sd-uwgm-element-store element)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Store an element to Windchill.

Parameters:

element {SEL-ITEM}

Element to be stored.

Return Value:

file-name - success

nil - failure

Example:

(sd-uwgm-element-store (sd-inq-curr-part))
  

SD-UWGM-INQ-OBJ-PARTIALLY-LOADED-P  [function]

(sd-uwgm-inq-obj-partially-loaded-p  object)

Description:

Windchill Workgroup Manager only:

Returns t If the object originally has been partially loaded from Windchill.

Parameters:

object {SEL_ITEM} - The object to inquire

Return Value:

t - The object has been partially loaded.

nil - The object has not been partially loaded.

Example:

(sd-uwgm-inq-obj-partially-loaded-p (sd-inq-curr-part))