Check Out DesignSync Folders

A DesignSync folder is checked out as a compressed file with a .tgz extension.

For information on how to write a client that performs a checkout of a vcfolder, see Write Checkout of Vcfile and Vcfolder.

When you check out a folder, only the folder and the files that were initially checked into the folder get checked out. This is because when you check in a new DesignSync folder, The ENOVIA product uses the CHECK_IN tag to identify the folder and the files that are checked in. During a check out, the ENOVIA product looks for the folder and the files that have the CHECK_IN tag and checks them out. All new files checked into the folder directly from DesignSync are not visible to the ENOVIA products as they do not have the CHECK_IN tag. These are left out by ENOVIA products.

To checkout all files inside a folder including those checked in using DesignSync, create a new connection from the business object connected to the vcfolder and use this new connection to check out the contents of the folder.

Do not use this connection to check into the folder, or the set of files that can be checked out will be restricted.