PDMTrail

PDMTrail is a Windows/DOS tool I created to automate Pro/PDM tasks like:

• fetching objects
• promoting demoting objects

How to use it

The tool must be run from a DOS prompt and is configured via commandline options.

1. Download it and put it in a folder which is in your path variable (e.g. c:\WINDOWS).
2. Configure your system according to the specs below.
3. Open a DOS prompt (Start -> Run -> CMD) and run the script.
   start it first with PDMTrail -h to get the help.

It's not an easy tool to use and was developed for my own use with the option to share it with other Pro/PDM administrators.

The program creates and runs a Pro/PDM trailfile to locate objects in Pro/PDM and to perform actions on the objects found. You can use wildcards for the objects you wish to locate. All defaults can be configured with commandline options.

Examples

• PDMTrail -h
  Show the help screen.
• PDMTrail -f -d PURCHASE din_912.prt
  Fetch from the databse PURCHASE the part din_912.prt.
• etc. ....

1. Your Pro/PDM startup script needs to be edited to support this tool by preventing returning to the DOS prompt before Pro/PDM finishes:
   See the help screen for more info.

You are free to use this tool without any charge, but also without any guarantees (see the help for the disclaimer). Please contact me and tell me what you think of it and to report bugs.

• PDMTrail.exe (v.2.18)

History

• 20051020: v2.18 First released version