How to get the layer of an Entity

[bolek75]

Hi NG,

I fetch an Entity object like this:

Entity ent = (Entity)trans.GetObject(flstObj,OpenMode.ForRead);

and would like to get the name of the layer the entity is on. When calling ent.get_Layer() I get the compiler error, which is something lke this:

Operator or Accessor cannot be called explicit

What to do? Can somebody help? I am using C#.

Regards
bolek75

[Anonymous]

Perhaps this :-

string layerName = ent.Layer;


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Hi NG,

I fetch an Entity object like this:

Entity ent = (Entity)trans.GetObject(flstObj,OpenMode.ForRead);

and would like to get the name of the layer the entity is on. When calling
ent.get_Layer() I get the compiler error, which is something lke this:

Operator or Accessor cannot be called explicit

What to do? Can somebody help? I am using C#.

Regards
bolek75

[bolek75]

Hi Kerry,

you are right, it works. But why does the f.. Intellisense of the IDE does not show this property in the list?

Cheers
bolek75

[bolek75]

ok, oh right.
I see, the get_ and set_ methods are the accessor-methods which I cant invoke directly. Instead I have to use the property.

Cheers
bolek75