Article - CS194304

Best practices and recommendations for inserting and updating attributes in MS Word using DTI in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 21-Jan-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.0
  • Windchill ProjectLink 10.0 to 13.0
  • Windchill PDM Essentials 10.1 to 12.0
  • Microsoft Office 2010, 2013

Description

  • Different behavior observed for inserting and/or while updating attributes in MS Word needs clarification
  • Best practices and recommendations for inserting and updating attributes in MS Word using Desktop Integration (DTI)
  • Attributes are not updated automatically when the document is opened or checked-out
  • How to insert an attribute several times using DTI desktop integration in a MS Word / MS Excel file?
  • How to insert attributes in primary content of WTDocument objects using templates?
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