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HowTo: PW Tools

Brian Flaherty

In this post, I’m going to share a ProjectWise customization tool I created to quickly get the Project ID or Project GUID for a selected folder or navigate to a folder by the ProjectID or Project GUID. This is a simple tool but has proven to come in handy for me.

You can download a zip file (PWTools) containing the following two files:

  • PWTools.dll
  • PWTools.mrr

Copy the two files into the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\ProjectWise\bin

The next time you launch ProjectWise Explorer, you should see a new “PW Tools” menu item.

pwtoolsmenu

There are four commands available.

pwtoolsmenu2

The Get commands display a dialog containing the Project ID or Project GUID.

getidgetguid

The Goto commands allow you to navigate to a folder based on the Project ID or GUID. Simply enter the ID or GUID and hit Go.

gotoidgotoguid

Hopefully, you find this useful.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.  If you like this post, please click the Like button at the bottom of the page.

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Published by Brian Flaherty

As a seasoned IT professional with over two decades of expertise, I am dedicated to enhancing the ProjectWise experience for both administrators and users. My journey with ProjectWise spans 20+ years, during which I have excelled as a user, administrator, systems architect, developer, trainer, and subject matter expert. I specialize in developing stand-alone and plugin ProjectWise solutions using the ProjectWise SDK. I am also a strong advocate for PowerShell, passionately creating solutions that streamline daily tasks for administrators and users alike. Outside of my professional life, I enjoy immersing myself in a good book, strumming my guitar, and unwinding by the beach.

14 thoughts on “HowTo: PW Tools”

  2. Hello. Recently, I was intrigued to explore the functionalities of the Menu Editor. In pursuit of a deeper understanding, I referred to this enlightening article related to this feature. It provided a comprehensive overview, and I proceeded to implement the concepts discussed therein.

    Following your guidelines, I successfully created both MRR and DLL files to incorporate custom menus into ProjectWise Explorer. However, upon completion of this process, I encountered a hurdle. While I can view the newly created menu within ProjectWise Explorer, I have been unable to trigger any actions upon clicking the associated document menu items.

    I expected a message box or some form of response upon clicking these menu items, yet unfortunately, no action seems to be initiated.

    I would greatly appreciate your assistance in troubleshooting this matter. Source code of PWTools would be of great help. Thank you.

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    1. First, thank you for checking out my blog. Hopefully, you find it useful.

      As for your question, the DLL and Function name specified within the MRR file must be valid and accessible. Otherwise, you nothing will occur.

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      1. yes i have added the appropriate dll name and public static function name to the mrr. I have tried referencing PWTools dll and tried accessing function GetProjectID using extern Still , I have been unable to trigger any actions upon clicking the associated document menu items.

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  3. Here is the code snippet that I am using

    namespace ProjectWiseCustomOption
    {
    public class MyManagedCode
    {
    public static void GetProjectID(int ProjectID)
    {
    MessageBox.Show(“Success”);
    }
    }
    }

    and i am calling ProjectWiseCustomOption.dll and GetProjectID for folder menu

    Thank you for the reply!

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  4. Could you please provide guidance on how to effectively distribute the DLLs necessary for accessing all methods in MostOfDavesClasses, I am facing issue while accesscing dlls present in projectwise bin folder even though i have added them in the directory.

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  5. Hi,

    I have added functionalities using menu editor. It is working but after few clicks and operations on new menu. ProjectWise explorer crashes giving following errors in Event Viewer

    Faulting application name: pwc.exe, version: 23.6.0.15, time stamp: 0x657c0bba
    Faulting module name: clr.dll, version: 4.8.4724.0, time stamp: 0x6610a031
    Exception code: 0xc0000409
    Fault offset: 0x0065d648
    Faulting process id: 0x6f68
    Faulting application start time: 0x01dabdbc42f11a0a
    Faulting application path: C:Program Files (x86)BentleyProjectWisebinpwc.exe
    Faulting module path: C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv4.0.30319clr.dll
    Report Id: c96d8440-4f47-4c85-8187-d24ffb28b3dd
    Faulting package full name:
    Faulting package-relative application ID:

    Application: pwc.exeFramework Version: v4.0.30319Description: The process was terminated due to an internal error in the .NET Runtime with exit code 80131506.

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