Overview: CustomNumbering demonstrates the use of user-created numbering generation on the Vault Server, and its interactions with the Vault Client.

Find a powerpoint slide introducing and explaining this sample more in detail in the subfolder of this solution: https://github.com/koechlm/Vault-Sample---Custom-Number-Provider/blob/master/CustomNumberingProvider/Autodesk%20Vault%20Professional%20-%20Custom%20Numbering%20Sample.pptx. All supplemental files listed in the slide deck can be found within the same solution subfolder. This sample targets introducing a concept and does not reflect best practices, e.g., we never recommend adding custom SQL tables to the AutodeskVault SQL instance in production environments.

CustomNumbering contains the following features/concepts:

• Select entity class with combobox control
• Manage number schemes that utilize CustomNumberProvider via button controls
• View generated numbers or error codes from generation restrictions / failures for a selected scheme

To use: Open CustomNumbering.sln in Visual Studio 2017. The projects should open and build with no errors. You must copy CustomNumberingProvider.dll from the SDK's CustomNumberingProvider bin directory to your Vault Server's .../web/services/bin/ directory, and include the following lines in your Vault Server's .../web/services/web.config, under the connectivity.core/numberProviders node:

To complete inclusion of CustomNumberingProvider on the Vault Server, perform an IIS reset.

Notes:

• INumberProvider has been moved from Connectivity.Platform to Autodesk.DataManagement.Server.Extensibility
  • Number Scheme Fields have also been moved to Autodesk.DataManagement.Server.Extensibility
• GenerateNumber() was removed from INumberProvider
  • GenerateNumbers() should be used in its place