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I need it as a work around for a bug in SW 2005. There's an option for searching through the external refernce folders when you open a part. We need this checked when someone opens a drawing from the vault. However, the bug causes an error if the option is on and you then try to check an...

Yes, I was just reading up on event notification and we'd need to use Visual C++. Oh well.

Is there an event like "onCheckIn" one can use to activate a macro when you check in a part?

Sorry again! I found this port on a search and didnt realize it was specific to spreadsheets. But if anyone works with SolidWorks and has an answer, please let me know.

Sorry, we call our PDMWorks server the vault. What I meant was, is there an event that gets triggered upon checking in or out from PDMWorks? That way a macro would be automatically run whenever a part gets checked in or out.

Can this be applied to everytime you check out and check in something from and to the vault?

The problem is solved if you uncheck "Tools>Options>System Options>External References>Search file locations for external references"

I'm getting the same problem. I didnt have it with 2004, but 2005 is the buggiest release I've seen of anything in a while. I can check in components by themselves just fine, but checking them in from teh assembly gives that error.

RIght, but how does SOlidWorks do it? It must be possible somehow if they managed. Do you think it could be done through the API?

I work for a lighting fixture design company, and I'm trying to add a track lighting extrusion to my toolbox. It would work just like the steel beams that come in the standard toolbox. The problem is i cant link a custom property called length to the dimension associated with the extrusion...