Creo Object TOOLKIT Java provides you with the capability of copying a file from the workspace or target folder to a location on the disk and vice-versa.

Methods Introduced:

Use the method pfcSession.BaseSession.CopyFileToWS to copy a file from the disk to the workspace. The file can optionally be added as secondary content to a given workspace file. If the viewable file is added as secondary content, a dependency is created between the Creo model and the viewable file.

Use the method pfcSession.BaseSession.CopyFileFromWS to copy a file from the workspace to a location on disk.

When importing or exporting Creo models, PTC recommends that you use methods pfcSession.BaseSession.ImportToCurrentWS and pfcSession.BaseSession.ExportFromCurrentWS, respectively, to perform the import or export operation. Methods that copy individual files do not traverse Creo model dependencies, and therefore do not copy a fully retrievable set of models at the same time.

Additionally, only the methods pfcSession.BaseSession.ImportToCurrentWS and pfcSession.BaseSession.ExportFromCurrentWS provide full metadata exchange and support. That means pfcSession.BaseSession.ImportToCurrentWS can communicate all the Creo designated parameters, dependencies, and family table information to a PDM system while pfcSession.BaseSession.ExportFromCurrentWS can update exported Creo data with PDM system changes to designated and system parameters, dependencies, and family table information. Hence PTC recommends the use of pfcSession.BaseSession.CopyFileToWS and pfcSession.BaseSession.CopyFileFromWS to process only non-Creo files.