To Install File Catalogs in Libraries

Use this procedure to create a registry file that adds catalogs to other users’ Content Browser libraries.

When you add a catalog in Content Browser, it is automatically added to your Content Browser library (CBL). However, as a CAD manager, you might also want to automatically install new catalogs into other user’s libraries. In that case, you can either add a pointer to a catalog in an existing registry file, or create a new registry file that adds that catalog to the user’s library.

Create a Catalog Install File

1. Click Home tabBuild panelTools drop-downContent Browser.
2. Select the catalog that you want to add to a registry file.

   When you add a catalog to a registry file, make sure that the network location of the catalog and all its affiliated files can be accessed by all users to whom you want the catalog distributed.

3. Press Shift and right-click the catalog.
4. Click Convert to Registry File.

   If you want to…	Then…
   create a new registry file for the catalog	browse to the desired folder location, enter a name for the registry file, and click Open. In that case, a new registry file (REG) is created, containing the registry information for the selected catalog.
   enter the catalog into an existing registry file	browse for the registry file, select it and click Open. In that case, an entry containing the registry information for the selected catalog is appended to the registry file.

   Note: When you select an existing registry file, the file is not overwritten, as in standard Windows Save dialog boxes; the catalog entry is simply added to the registry file. If you want to overwrite an existing registry file, you need to delete it from File Explorer, and then create a new one of the same name.

Enter a Catalog in a User's Library

1. To enter the catalog reference into the local registry, and thereby into the user’s catalog library (CBL), run the new registry file.
2. Either place the generated REG file on a generally accessible network folder, or copy it to the local user machine where the catalog should be entered.
3. Double-click the REG file on the user’s computer.
4. Click Yes when asked whether you want to add the information into the local registry.

   The catalog is entered into the users’ registry and catalog library.