HowTo: PW Tools

In this post, I’m going to share an update to the ProjectWise customization tool I created to add some additional functionality. This is a simple tool but has proven to come in handy for me.

You can download a zip file (PWTools2) 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.

I have added a few new commands. Two have been added to the PW Tools menu and one has been added to the Tools menu.

PW Tools Menu:

• Work Area(s) / Folder(s) by Group
  • Used to show all Work Areas and/or folders which have a selected group applied to the access control.
  • Contains a combobox listing all ProjectWise Groups.
• Show Managed Workspaces
  • Used to view the Workspace CSBs applied to a Work Area/folder.

Tools Menu:

• Toggle Version Display
  • Used to toggle on the “Show all versions” user setting.

Work Area(s) / Folder(s) by Group

• Click the Work Area(s) / Folder(s) by Group menu item
  • A dialog will display with a combobox listing all groups within the  active ProjectWise datasource.
• Select a group
  • All Work Area(s)/folder(s) will be listed within the datagridview.

Options

There are two options available:

• Include Full Path
  • Will include the full path to each Work Area/folder returned.
• Filter By Work Area
  • Used to only return Work Area(s).

Context Menu

If you right mouse-click on a selected folder, a context menu.

• Copy ProjectID
  • Copy ProjectID to clipboard.
• Copy ProjectGUID
  • Copy ProjectGUID to clipboard.
• Copy FullPath
  • Copy FullPath to clipboard.
• Navigate To…
  • Navigates to the selected folder.

Show Managed Workspaces

Used to show the Managed Workspace(s) associated with the selected Work Area / folder.

• Click the Show Managed Workspaces menu item.
  • A dialog will display with a combobox listing all Workspaces CSB(s) associated with the selected Work Area / folder.
• Select a Workspace
  • The CSB contents will display.

If the selected folder does not have a Workspace associated, a message will be presented within ProjectWise Explorer.

Toggle Version Display

Used to toggle on/off “Show all versions” user setting.

• Click Toggle Version Display menu item

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Hopefully, you find this useful.

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