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PTC Windchill Status tabs shows value in uppercase for the Instance Based Attribute (IBA) set as lowercase in HTML browser and vice versa

Modified: 15-Sep-2023   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.0 to 13.0
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager -all releases
  • Solidworks -all releases 

Description

  • IBA value set in uppercase in Solidworks session changes to lowercase and vice versa after Check In to Windchill
  • Assigning uppercase IBA value from WWGM HTML browser, value is reflected as lowercase instead of uppercase in the PTC Windchill Status Tab after Check In
  • Steps leading to the behavior :
    1. IBA of type string defined with IBA Name as StringAttribute and has default constraints
    2. Set  wgmclient.ini preference  manage.windchill.status.columns=Status;Version;StringAttribute;State to display StringAttribute in the PTC Windchill Status UI
    3. Launch SOLIDWORKS-WGM in connected mode with primary active workspace
    4. Create a SolidWorks part and save to WFS
    5. Perform Edit->Attributes from WWGM HTML UI and provide the value of IBA StringAttribute as "ABC"
      • User can see the value "ABC" in the PTC Windchill Status StringAttribute column
    6. Check Out the same part in SolidWorks session
    7. Perform Edit->Attributes from HTML UI and provide the value in small case "abc" and click Ok
      • Value "abc" will be seen in the PTC Windchill Status  StringAttribute column
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    8. From PTC Windchill Status UI select the part and perform Auto Check In
    9. Notice value of StringAttribute changed to uppercase ABC
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