Dwg, pdf and Sharepoint

How can I work with pdf and dwg files in sharepoint just like .doc files and such that are supported by microsoft?
I'm mainly concerned with versioning, that the engineers can open the file, from sharepoint, with autocad, make changes save it and when they save it they can post comments on what they changed.
I've got WSSv3 and SP designer

I am focussed on trying to sort out the AutoCAD side of things atm.
For AutoCAD you can use a cad connector:
http://www.cadtowin.com/
Cost: $2000/10 licenses + $500/year
http://www.cadnection.com/Internal.aspx?path=Home
CADnection is sold in 25 seat bundles. Pricing starts at $ 9,875 USD per bundle
These are reasonably priced and would probably be ideal if you are running full AutoCAD, unfortunately I have to cater to AutoCAD LT users, and the CAD connectors tend not to work properly with AutoCAD LT.
Bamboo sell a server side service+web part that apparently maps sharepoint meta-data to/from dwg files:
http://store.bamboosolutions.com/sharepoint-dwg-parser-solution-accelerator.aspx
Cost: $5000/server + $500/year
Not sure about its functionality though.
There are also .dwg (etc) viewers around, but I am not really interested in paying for tool to view a cad file within sharepoint, and would rather just download the free AutoCAD viewing apps (Autodesk True view and Autodesk Design Review) and install as required.
Autodesk themselves just want you to use their own document control system, Vault, which comes in four versions.
The first level is free with a full license of AutoCAD, the next three add more and more functionality.
I think level 3 and level 4 feature sharepoint integration, but they cost approx £1000 per seat, and represent a complete system outside of sharepoint, not a little connector to make sharepoint work with AutoCAD files.
Another option may be:
http://www.organice.com/EN/Pages/Default.aspx
I have looked at Organice, it is a good solution for engineering firms, and it works with AutoCAD LT (although some functionality cannot be implimented within LT).
It represents a whole "solution" for what almost all engineering firms need that sharepoint doesn't do.
So it's not just a cad conenctor, also a sharepoint explorer, auto document numbering tools, generally better document control and proper transmittal management.
But it is expensive, if you are interested, get your own quote, but I was quoted approx price for 100 users (depnding on exact licenses you want) would be around £50k including implimentation (consultants need to come to your office to set it up).
And also, you need add in the 20% annual support.
Organice might be worth it on account of the other things it does, but its alot of cash to stump up.
I find all these "solutions" to represent alot of cash, not very good value for money if all you really want is just a bit of add-in functionality to make sharepoint & autocad play together.
I know these software vendors have to run a business and pay their programmers etc, but it seems to me these just assume that if you've the cash for autocad, you can afford to line their pockets too.
Has anyone any better answers?

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retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Accept", "*/*");
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<input type="button" onclick="createAttachment();" value="Attach Report" />
</body>
</html>
Thanks. and waiting for your valuable comments.
- Mittal

Hello,
Yes, I was able to make my code working as below. Tested on CRM online 2013.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (typeof (SDK) == "undefined")
{ SDK = { __namespace: true }; }
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations = {
_context: function () {
if (typeof GetGlobalContext != "undefined")
{ return GetGlobalContext(); }
else {
if (typeof Xrm != "undefined") {
return Xrm.Page.context;
else { return new Error("Context is not available."); }
_getServerUrl: function () {
var serverUrl = this._context().getServerUrl()
if (serverUrl.match(/\/$/)) {
serverUrl = serverUrl.substring(0, serverUrl.length - 1);
return serverUrl;
_ODataPath: function () {
return this._getServerUrl() + "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/";
_errorHandler: function (req) {
return new Error("Error : " +
req.status + ": " +
req.statusText + ": " +
JSON.parse(req.responseText).error.message.value);
_dateReviver: function (key, value) {
var a;
if (typeof value === 'string') {
a = /Date$([-+]?\d+)$/.exec(value);
if (a) {
return new Date(parseInt(value.replace("/Date(", "").replace(")/", ""), 10));
return value;
Create: function (object, type, successCallback, errorCallback) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("POST", this._ODataPath() + type + "Set", true);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
if (this.status == 201) {
successCallback(JSON.parse(this.responseText, SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._dateReviver).d);
else {
errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send(JSON.stringify(object));
Retrieve: function (id, type, successCallback, errorCallback) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", this._ODataPath() + type + "Set(guid'" + id + "')", true);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
if (this.status == 200) {
successCallback(JSON.parse(this.responseText, SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._dateReviver).d);
else {
errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send();
Update: function (id, object, type, successCallback, errorCallback) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("POST", this._ODataPath() + type + "Set(guid'" + id + "')", true);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.setRequestHeader("X-HTTP-Method", "MERGE");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
if (this.status == 204 || this.status == 1223) {
successCallback();
else {
errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send(JSON.stringify(object));
Delete: function (id, type, successCallback, errorCallback) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("POST", this._ODataPath() + type + "Set(guid'" + id + "')", true);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.setRequestHeader("X-HTTP-Method", "DELETE");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
if (this.status == 204 || this.status == 1223) {
successCallback();
else {
errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send();
RetrieveMultiple: function (type, filter, successCallback, errorCallback) {
if (filter != null) {
filter = "?" + filter;
else { filter = ""; }
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", this._ODataPath() + type + "Set" + filter, true);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
if (this.status == 200) {
successCallback(JSON.parse(this.responseText, SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._dateReviver).d.results);
else {
errorCallback(SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations._errorHandler(this));
req.send();
__namespace: true
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Create Email and link it with Order as Regarding field
var Xrm;
var email = new Object();
var ownerID = "";
var CustomerId = "";
if (window.opener) { Xrm = window.opener.Xrm; }
else if (window.parent) { Xrm = window.parent.Xrm; }
//Get ownerid who send email of quotation to customer
function GetOwnerID() {
var owner = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("ownerid").getValue();
ownerID = owner[0].id;
var ownerName = owner[0].name;
var entityType = owner[0].entityType;
GetToEmailGUID();
//Get customerid who receive email of quotation from owner
function GetToEmailGUID() {
var Customer = Xrm.Page.getAttribute('customerid').getValue();
CustomerId = Customer[0].id;
var CustomerName = Customer[0].name;
var entityType = Customer[0].entityType;
//if CustomerId is type of "Account" then get Primary Contact id of that account
if (entityType == "account") {
var contact = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("customerid").getValue();
if (contact === null) return;
var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl();
var oDataSelect = serverUrl + "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/AccountSet(guid'" + contact[0].id + "')?$select=PrimaryContactId";
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", oDataSelect, false);
req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=utf-8");
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (req.readyState === 4) {
if (req.status === 200) {
var retrieved = JSON.parse(req.responseText).d;
CustomerId = retrieved.PrimaryContactId.Id;
else {
alert(this.statusText);
req.send();
function CreateEmail() {
GetOwnerID();
email.Subject = "Email with Report Attachment";
//Set The current order as the Regarding object
email.RegardingObjectId = {
Id: Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId(), //Get the current entity Id , here OrderId
LogicalName: Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName()//Get the current entity name, here it will be “salesOrder”
//Create Email Activity
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(email, "Email", EmailCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
// Email Call Back function
function EmailCallBack(result) {
email = result; // Set the email to result to use it later in email attachment for retrieving activity Id
var activityPartyFrom = new Object();
// Set the From party of the ActivityParty to relate an entity with Email From field
activityPartyFrom.PartyId = {
Id: CustomerId, //"79EBDD26-FDBE-E311-8986-D89D6765B238", // id of entity you want to associate this activity with.
LogicalName: "contact"
// Set the "activity" of the ActivityParty
activityPartyFrom.ActivityId = {
Id: result.ActivityId,
LogicalName: "email"
// Now set the participation type that describes the role of the party on the activity).
activityPartyFrom.ParticipationTypeMask = { Value: 2 }; // 2 means ToRecipients
// Create the from ActivityParty for the email
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activityPartyFrom, "ActivityParty", ActivityPartyFromCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
var activityPartyTo = new Object();
// Set the From party of the ActivityParty to relate an entity with Email From field
activityPartyTo.PartyId = {
Id: ownerID, //"79EBDD26-FDBE-E311-8986-D89D6765B238", // id of entity you want to associate this activity with.
LogicalName: "systemuser"
// Set the "activity" of the ActivityParty
activityPartyTo.ActivityId = {
Id: result.ActivityId,
LogicalName: "email"
// Now set the participation type that describes the role of the party on the activity).
activityPartyTo.ParticipationTypeMask = { Value: 1 }; // 1 means Sender
// Create the from ActivityParty
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activityPartyTo, "ActivityParty", ActivityPartyToCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
//ActivityParty From Callback
function ActivityPartyFromCallBack(result) {
//ActivityParty To Callback
function ActivityPartyToCallBack(result) {
GetReportId('Quotation');
//Create attachment for the created email
function CreateEmailAttachment() {
//get reporting session and use the params to convert a report in PDF
var params = getReportingSession();
//Email attachment parameters
var activitymimeattachment = Object();
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId = Object();
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId.LogicalName = "email";
activitymimeattachment.ObjectId.Id = email.ActivityId;
activitymimeattachment.ObjectTypeCode = "email",
activitymimeattachment.Subject = "File Attachment";
activitymimeattachment.Body = encodePdf(params);
activitymimeattachment.FileName = "Report.pdf";
activitymimeattachment.MimeType = "application/pdf";
//Attachment call
SDK.JScriptRESTDataOperations.Create(activitymimeattachment, "ActivityMimeAttachment", ActivityMimeAttachmentCallBack, function (error) { alert(error.message); });
//ActivityMimeAttachment CallBack function
function ActivityMimeAttachmentCallBack(result) {
var features = "location=no,menubar=no,status=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes";
var width = "800px";
var height = "600px";
window.open(Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "main.aspx?etc=" + 4202 + "&pagetype=entityrecord&id=" + email.ActivityId, "_blank", features);
// To open window which works in outlook and IE both
//openStdWin(Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "main.aspx?etc=" + 4202 + "&pagetype=entityrecord&id=" + email.ActivityId, "_blank", width, height, features);
//This method will get the reportId based on a report name that will be used in getReportingSession() function
function GetReportId(reportName) {
var oDataSetName = "ReportSet";
var columns = "ReportId";
var filter = "Name eq '" + reportName + "'";
retrieveMultiple(oDataSetName, columns, filter, onSuccess);
function retrieveMultiple(odataSetName, select, filter, successCallback) {
var serverUrl = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl();
var ODATA_ENDPOINT = "/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc";
var odataUri = serverUrl + ODATA_ENDPOINT + "/" + odataSetName + "?";
if (select) {
odataUri += "$select=" + select + "&";
if (filter) {
odataUri += "$filter=" + filter;
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
datatype: "json",
url: odataUri,
beforeSend: function (XMLHttpRequest) {
XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
success: function (data) {
if (successCallback) {
if (data && data.d && data.d.results) {
successCallback(data.d.results);
else if (data && data.d) {
successCallback(data.d);
else {
successCallback(data);
error: function (XmlHttpRequest, errorThrown) {
if (XmlHttpRequest && XmlHttpRequest.responseText) {
alert("Error while retrieval ; Error – " + XmlHttpRequest.responseText);
function onSuccess(data) {
reportId = data[0].ReportId.replace('{', ").replace('}', ");
CreateEmailAttachment(); // Create Email Attachment
//Gets the report contents
function getReportingSession() {
var pth = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "/CRMReports/rsviewer/reportviewer.aspx";
var retrieveEntityReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
var Id = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
var quotationGUID = Id.replace('{', ""); //set this to selected quotation GUID
quotationGUID = quotationGUID.replace('}', "");
var reportName = "Quotation"; //set this to the report you are trying to download
var reportID = "7C39D18F-1DC6-E311-8986-D89D6765B238"; //set this to the guid of the report you are trying to download
var rptPathString = ""; //set this to the CRMF_Filtered parameter
var strParameterXML = "<fetch version='1.0' output-format='xml-platform' mapping='logical' distinct='false'><entity name='quote'><all-attributes /><filter type='and'><condition attribute='quoteid' operator='eq' uitype='quote' value='" + quotationGUID + "' /> </filter></entity></fetch>";
retrieveEntityReq.open("POST", pth, false);
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Accept", "*/*");
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
rptPathString = "id=%7B" + reportID + "%7D&uniquename=" + Xrm.Page.context.getOrgUniqueName() + "&iscustomreport=true&reportnameonsrs=&reportName=" +
reportName + "&isScheduledReport=false&p:CRMAF_Filteredquote=" + strParameterXML;
//remove the part starting from &p:salesorderid if your report has no parameters
retrieveEntityReq.send(rptPathString);
var x = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("ReportSession=");
var ret = new Array();
ret[0] = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.substr(x + 14, retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("&", x) - x - 14); //the session id
x = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("ControlID=");
ret[1] = retrieveEntityReq.responseText.substr(x + 10, retrieveEntityReq.responseText.indexOf("&", x) - x - 10); //the control id
return ret;
var bdy = new Array();
var bdyLen = 0;
function concat2Bdy(x) {
bdy[bdyLen] = x;
bdyLen++;
function encodePdf(params) {
bdy = new Array();
bdyLen = 0;
var retrieveEntityReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
var pth = Xrm.Page.context.getServerUrl() + "/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=" + params[0] +
"&Culture=1033&CultureOverrides=True&UICulture=1033&UICultureOverrides=True&ReportStack=1&ControlID=" + params[1] +
"&OpType=Export&FileName=Public&ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&Format=PDF";
retrieveEntityReq.open("GET", pth, false);
retrieveEntityReq.setRequestHeader("Accept", "*/*");
retrieveEntityReq.send();
BinaryToArray(retrieveEntityReq.responseBody);
return encode64(bdy);
var StringMaker = function () {
this.parts = [];
this.length = 0;
this.append = function (s) {
this.parts.push(s);
this.length += s.length;
this.prepend = function (s) {
this.parts.unshift(s);
this.length += s.length;
this.toString = function () {
return this.parts.join('');
var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
function encode64(input) {
var output = new StringMaker();
var chr1, chr2, chr3;
var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
var i = 0;
while (i < input.length) {
chr1 = input[i++];
chr2 = input[i++];
chr3 = input[i++];
enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
enc4 = chr3 & 63;
if (isNaN(chr2)) {
enc3 = enc4 = 64;
} else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
enc4 = 64;
output.append(keyStr.charAt(enc1) + keyStr.charAt(enc2) + keyStr.charAt(enc3) + keyStr.charAt(enc4));
return output.toString();
</script>
<script type="text/vbscript">
Function BinaryToArray(Binary)
Dim i
ReDim byteArray(LenB(Binary))
For i = 1 To LenB(Binary)
byteArray(i-1) = AscB(MidB(Binary, i, 1))
concat2Bdy(AscB(MidB(Binary, i, 1)))
Next
BinaryToArray = byteArray
End Function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" onclick="CreateEmail();" value="Attach Report" />
</body>
</html>
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Mittal.

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