Downloaded Server Method Directory

[VirtualWebSoftware]

Installed product versions

• Visual Studio: 2017, 2019
• This extension: [example 1.1.21] - Aras Innovator Method Plugin v1.4.151

Description

When opening methods from Aras, the directory created in VS contains unexpected sub directories - each word shown here results in a directory of the same name, with the downloaded method contained in the last directory created.

ServerMethods - com - aras - innovator - solution - PLM - Import - Method -

the expected would be:

ServerMethods - -

Steps to recreate

1. connect to Aras server, Open any C# method from innovator

Current behavior

Too many directories created

[VladymyrAfanasiev]

Hello,

We have implemented a new approach to generate a method folder tree. We used approach from export utility.

Export utility generate path for each exported item, we generate the same path for our methods.

Additional info: 'core' packages have few specific cases:

• "com.aras.innovator.solution....." packages - path of the package is the end of expression.
• "com.aras.defaults....." or "com.aras.innovator....." packages, but not first case - points in name replace by '/' and in result, we take a package path.

[VirtualWebSoftware]

I don't fully understand the way packages are used within Aras. But, I see how separating methods into a more functional grouping is nice in order to quickly identify customizations vs base methods. However, the depth of the tree structure is a bit overwhelming, and opening old projects created with previous versions would be nice.