pdmworks, reinstate "deleted" document

A document was "deleted" from our pdmworks vault which means that it
has ended up in the obsolete folder under the project folder that it
was originally in. Can I just stop the pdmworks service, move this
documents folder out of the obsolete folder and back into the project
folder and re-start the service or will that cause problems? Seems like
it should work..
In the mean time I have selected the option that no user can delete
documents.

Thanks, Sam

 

I would encourage you to cross-post this to the PDMWorks section of
http://forum.solidworks.com/swforum/logon.asp. The forum is monitored
by senior SolidWorks staff responsible for PDMWorks development and
support.

 

Sam,

Yes, this can be done, but there's a little more to it than just moving the
file.

What you need to do is first stop the service as you mention, then in the
Obsolete folder, there is a folder named "delete_sldprt_Date_032505_Time_
170134". You need to move this entire folder back to the project where you
want it to go, turn off the "read only" property on the folder, and then
rename it, removing the "_Date_032505_Time_170134" part. Then restart the
vault. I recommend having the switch turned on in the vault admin for
Vault validation and rebuild tree.

That should be it.

Good luck

Dezignstuff
Your Source for SolidWorks and PDMWorks Expertise
www.dezignstuff.com

 

yea dump pdmworks and switch to DBWorks!