•How to write an info engine task to query for the attributes of an object

 

• Create the xml file for the task under the Windchill/tasks/CUSTOM_FOLDER/NAME_OF_TASK.xml

<%@page language="java"%>

<%@taglib uri="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/taglib/core" prefix="ie"%>

 

<ie:webject name="Get-Properties" type="MGT">

    <ie:param name="ATTRIBUTE" data="wt.federation.ie.VMName"/>

    <ie:param name="GROUP_OUT" data="properties"/>

</ie:webject>

 

<ie:webject name="Query-Objects" type="OBJ">

 

<ie:param name="INSTANCE" data="$(properties[0]wt.federation.ie.VMName[0])"/>

    <ie:param name="ATTRIBUTE" data="name,number" delim=","/>

<ie:param name="TYPE" data="$(@FORM[]type[])" default="wt.doc.WTDocument"/>

<ie:param name="WHERE" data="number='$(@FORM[]number[])'" default=""/>

<ie:param name="GROUP_OUT" data="result"/>

</ie:webject>

 

<%

Group g = getGroup("result");

g.toXML( new java.io.PrintWriter(System.out), true);

 

Enumeration enumer = g.getElements();

while (enumer.hasMoreElements()) {

System.out.println("**************************************************************Start printing all the columns of the custom object type***********************************************");

Element e = (Element)enumer.nextElement();

System.out.println(e);

System.out.println("**************************************************************End printing all the columns of the custom object type***********************************************");

}

 

%>

 

<ie:webject name="Return-Groups" type="GRP">

<ie:param name="GROUP_IN" data="result" />

</ie:webject>