Setting File Attributes on Download

The Problem:
Through the API, you download a file and place it in the local workspace.  But when you open up Vault Explorer, it says that the file has been edited out of turn.

The Solution:
After downloading the file, you need to set it to read-only (unless you have it checked out to you) and you need to set the create date of the local file to match the create date of the File object.

C#:

public void DownloadFile(File file, string localPath) {     byte[] buffer;     docSvc.DownloadFile(file.Id, true, out buffer);     System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(localPath, buffer);       System.IO.FileInfo info = new FileInfo(localPath);     info.CreationTime = file.CreateDate;     info.Attributes = info.Attributes | FileAttributes.ReadOnly; }

VB:

Public Sub DownloadFile(ByVal file As File, ByVal localPath As String)      Dim buffer As Byte()      docSvc.DownloadFile(file.Id, True, buffer)           System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(localPath, buffer)           Dim info As System.IO.FileInfo = New FileInfo(localPath)      info.CreationTime = file.CreateDate      info.Attributes = info.Attributes Or FileAttributes.[ReadOnly]  End Sub

Technical Details:
The problem isn't that the file was downloaded wrong.  The problem is that Vault Explorer expects things in a certain way.  If you want to "play nice" with the Autodesk clients, then you need to perform a few extra steps.

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