# UpdateCustomEntityStates

**EventNames:**

- UpdateCustomEntityStates_Restrictions
- UpdateCustomEntityStates_Pre
- UpdateCustomEntityStates_Post

**Parameters**

| Type                                                                   | Name          |Description                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [CustomObject[]](inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/custom_object)  | customObjects | The Custom Objects in Vault for which the lifefycle status changes/was changed.<br><br>**Restrictions and Pre:** <br>In these events you can get the future changes through the special properties `_NewState`, `_NewLifeCycleDefinition` and `_NewComment`.<br><br>**Post:**<br>In this event you can retrieve the information from previous events by using the properties `_OldState` and `_OldLifeCycleDefinition`.<br><br>*Note:* The Vault API doesn't currently support comments on CustomObjects, so `_OldComment` is always empty. Autodesk reserved this functionality for future use. |
| bool                                                                   | successful    | **Post**:<br>The information whether the Web Service call was successful or not is only available in the *_Post* event.                 |

**Examples:**\
UpdateCustomEntityStates_Restrictions:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName UpdateCustomEntityStates_Restrictions -Action 'RestrictUpdateCustomEntityStates'

function RestrictUpdateCustomEntityStates($customObjects) {
	#Write event code here
}
```

UpdateCustomEntityStates_Pre:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName UpdateCustomEntityStates_Pre -Action 'PreUpdateCustomEntityStates'

function PreUpdateCustomEntityStates($customObjects) {
	#Write event code here
}
```

UpdateCustomEntityStates_Post:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName UpdateCustomEntityStates_Post -Action 'PostUpdateCustomEntityStates'

function PostUpdateCustomEntityStates($customObjects, $successful) {
#Write event code here
}
```