About the document generic events

These are events that do not fall under any of the other document event categories.

The events that occur for the document generic commands (in alphabetical order) are shown in the following lists in the sequence that they occur.

Change Document Type event sequence

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeChangeDocumentType
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeChangeDocumentType
• DocGenericEvent_AfterChangeDocumentType
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeNewDocument
• DocGenericEvent_OnProperties
• DocGenericEvent_AfterNewDocument
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateChangeDocumentType

Delete event sequence

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeDelete
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeDelete
• DocGenericEvent_AfterDelete
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateDelete

Draft Print event sequence¹

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializePrint
• DocGenericEvent_BeforePrint
• DocGenericEvent_AfterPrint
• DocGenericEvent_TerminatePrint

Issue New Filename event sequence

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeCalculateFileName
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateCalculateFileName

New Document event sequence⁴

• DocGenericEvent_InitializeNewDocument³
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeCalculateFileName³
• DocGenericEvent_SelectTarget
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeNewDocument
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_PrepareBrowser⁵
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_InitializeExpandItem⁵
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_BeforeExpandItem⁵
• DocGenericEvent_DocumentFolderSelected⁵
• DocGenericEvent_OnProperties³
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_PrepareBrowser⁶
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_InitializeExpandItem⁶
• ProjectWorkflowEvent_BeforeExpandItem⁶
• DocGenericEvent_DocumentFolderSelected⁶
• DocGenericEvent_AfterNewDocument
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeCalculateFileName⁸
• DocGenericEvent_AfterCalculateFileName⁸
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateCalculateFileName³
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateNewDocument³

Open in Application event sequence²

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeOpenInApplication
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeOpenInApplication
• DocGenericEvent_AfterOpenInApplication
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateOpenInApplication

Prepare for Offline Work event sequence¹

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializePrepareForOffline
• DocGenericEvent_BeforePrepareForOffline
• DocGenericEvent_AfterPrepareForOffline
• DocGenericEvent_TerminatePrepareForOffline

Redline event sequence

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeEditRedlines
• DocGenericEvent_AfterEditRedlines

Refresh Thumbnail event sequence¹

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeUpdateThumbnail⁷
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeUpdateThumbnail
• DocGenericEvent_AfterUpdateThumbnail
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateUpdateThumbnail⁷

Rename event sequence

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_InitializeRename
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeRename
• DocGenericEvent_AfterRename
• DocGenericEvent_TerminateRename

Replace Content event sequence¹

• DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand
• DocGenericEvent_BeforeReplaceContent
• DocGenericEvent_AfterReplaceContent

Notes

1. Does not occur in Meridian Power
2. Occurs in Meridian Power when documents are downloaded.
3. Does not occur when new documents are created by the Document Import Tool in PowerUser.
4. Does not occur when new documents are created by the Database Import Wizard in Configurator.
5. Occurs only if Client.Confirmation (AS_CONFIRM_NO_SELECTPROJECTWIZARD) = False and Document.ParentFolder is not a valid folder.
6. Occurs only if Client.Confirmation (AS_CONFIRM_NO_SELECTPROJECTWIZARD) = True and Document.ParentFolder is not a valid folder.
7. Does not occur if the Refresh thumbnail button on the Document page is clicked.
8. Occurs only if an expression is configured for the Calculate file name option of the document type.

Each of the document generic event procedures is described in the following topics.