Incrementing Revision Number On Each Save
Is it possible to increment a field in the bartender file on each save? The reason I'm wondering is because I'd like to start versioning our bartender files in house and storing them in our source control system (TFS). I looked through the vb script events / properties in bartender and I didn't really see anything like that. Just wondering if this sort of thing was possible.
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Gene Henson
★ BarTender Hero ★
There are a couple of possible options for you here, but it depends on exactly what you want to see. First, as you already suspected, there is no “on save” event that would fire a VB script to update a field in your document (we’ll put in a request for this feature). However, there may be another option for you.
[b]Embedded Revision Log[/b]
BarTender already has an embedded revision log that keeps track of the current revision number, changes to label formats in that revision, when the document was saved, who saved the document, and optionally any user provided comments about the revision. This revision number is accessible through automation using the BarTender SDK. For more information search for “Revision Log” and “LatestSaveNumber” in the BarTender Help System.
[b]Librarian[/b]
Another possible option for the good of the order, but one that may not be as desirable to you since you already have a content management system, is using the Librarian companion application. Librarian allows you to manage and store your BarTender documents in the BarTender System Database which gives you full control over revision and publishing. See this White Paper for more information: [url="http://s3.amazonaws.com/SeagullBarTender/ftp/WhitePapers/WhitePaper_Librarian.pdf"]Librarian White Paper[/url]
Will either of those help you?0
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