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      How to create PDFs with custom filenames

      $customName = "customFileName" 
      $vaultPDFfileLocation = "{0}/{1}.pdf" -f $file.Path, $customName
      $PDFfile = Add-VaultFile -From $localPDFfileLocation -To $vaultPDFfileLocation -FileClassification DesignVisualization
      • Define a custom filename
      • Join the base path and the new filename
      • Use the joined path as the '-To' parameter when calling the 'Add-VaultFile' commandlet

      Examples

      Use the original filename without its extension and the revision as the custom filename:

      $revision = "";
      if($file.Revision -ne $null) 
      {
          $revision = "-" + $file.Revision
      }
      $vaultPDFfileLocation = "{0}/{1}.pdf" -f $file.Path, ([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($file._name) + $revision)
      • Get the revision
      • Join the base path, the filename without extension and the revision

       

      Use the part number and the current month as the custom filename:

      This example uses the original filename in case there is no part number specified.

      $fileName = $file._PartNumber
      if($fileName -eq $null){
          $fileName = ([System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($file._name))
      }
      $currentMonth =  Get-Date -Format MMMM
      $vaultPDFfileLocation = "{0}/{1}-{2}.pdf" -f $file.Path, $fileName, $currentMonth
      • Get the part number
      • If the part number is equal to null then use the original filename without its extension instead
      • Get the current month as a string
      • Join the base path, the part number / filename and the current month

      Remarks

      • If the created PDF files should be added to the Vault it is recommended to not use a changing filename to avoid history loss.