# AddFile

**EventNames:**

- AddFile_Restrictions
- AddFile_Pre
- AddFile_Post

**Parameters**

| Type                                                               | Name         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [File](<inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/file>)               | file         | The file which is / was added.<br><br>**Restrictions and Pre:** <br>In *Restrictions* and *Pre* you have only very limited data set on this object like `_NewName`, `_NewComment`, `_NewModDate`, `_NewClassification` and `_NewHidden`, because the file does not exist yet.<br><br>**Post:**<br>In *Post* it is a powerVaultFile object, because here the file exists. |
| [Folder](<inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/folder>)           | parentFolder | The folder where the new file is located.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| [File[]](<inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/file>)             | dependencies | The file dependencies what this new file has.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [File[]](<inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/file>)             | attachments  | The attached files what this new file has.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [FileBomRow[]](inv:powervault#code_reference/objects/filebomrow) | fileBom      | The Bill of Materials of the newly checked-in file.<br>For Inventor files with multiple [Model States](<https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2022/ENU/Inventor-Help/files/GUID-8E771DBE-1107-4AE8-BE3E-AF3A7977F3C6-htm.html>) only the BOM data of the *Master* model state is available. |
| bool                                                               | successful   | **Post**:<br>The information whether the Web Service call was successful or not is only available in *Post* events.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

**Examples:**\
AddFile_Restrictions:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName AddFile_Restrictions -Action 'RestrictAddFile'

function RestrictAddFile($file, $parentFolder, $dependencies, $attachments, $fileBom) {
	#Write event code here
}
```

AddFile_Pre:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName AddFile_Pre -Action 'PreAddFile'

function PreAddFile($file, $parentFolder, $dependencies, $attachments, $fileBom) {
	#Write event code here
}
```

AddFile_Post:

```powershell
Register-VaultEvent -EventName AddFile_Post -Action 'PostAddFile'

function PostAddFile($file, $parentFolder, $dependencies, $attachments, $fileBom, $successful) {
	#Write event code here
}
```