External Documents

The External Documents options let you customize the display of documents in the VPM Navigator tree. Select this tab to access Expand Documents options.

Select the Document Type to create the documents under a Folder or a Product.

Expand Documents



Show Attached Documents in Navigator Trees

Select the Show Attached Documents in Navigator trees box if you want to display all of the attached documents (not just representations) in the VPM Navigator tree when it is expanded.

By default, this option is not selected.

Document Type Options



Document Type

In the Document Type list, select the Document type you want to create. The document type can be either a VPM Document (VPM Document DS) or a CBP Document (Document / Generic Document). This selected type of Document will be created while inserting a new document under a Folder or attaching a new document under a Product or performing a Drag and Drop operation of a file on a Folder.

By default, VPM Document DS option is selected.

Always ask before creating documents by Drag and Drop
Select the Always ask before creating documents by Drag and Drop if you want the dialog box to choose the Document type to be created is displayed each time a Drag and Drop operation is performed.

By default, this option is selected.