Generate Documentation (Basic)

The basic method generates documentation for the current version of the specified item in either Microsoft Word document (DOCX) format, or Adobe PDF format.

Connect to the configuration web service.
Specify the identifier of the item.
Specify the file format as either "DOCX" or "PDF".

Code Sample

# Set the file format to DOCX/PDF.

$fileformat = "DOCX";

# Set the item identifier.

$itemIdentifier = 1234;

# Generate the documentation.

$documentPackage = $xia.GET_DocumentationBasic($itemIdentifier, $fileformat);

# Save and open the file.

$filename = "$($env:TEMP)\$($documentPackage.Filename)"

[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($filename, $documentPackage.FileData);

[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($filename);