Periscope in .NET

[wesbird]

HI,
like in Periscope , can I create a tooltip when mouse hove over a AutoCAD object? if yes, how? is there any example? even in ObjectARX would help.


Thank you very much

Wes

[Anonymous]

Hi Wes,

Interesting question, i could functionality for this as well. Did you ever
get an answer to your question, or created working code for it yourself? I'm
very excited if you do.

Thanks
Henk


schreef in bericht news:5157541@discussion.autodesk.com...
HI,
like in Periscope , can I create a tooltip when mouse hove over a AutoCAD
object? if yes, how? is there any example? even in ObjectARX would help.


Thank you very much

Wes

[wesbird]

Check PointMonitor and PointMonitorEventArgs class in Managed Class Reference

[Anonymous]

He, you're fast 🙂

Thanks, I will look at this


schreef in bericht news:5237197@discussion.autodesk.com...
Check PointMonitor and PointMonitorEventArgs class in Managed Class
Reference

[smcclure]

Is there an alternative class for AutoCAD 2005? Unfortunately, many of the event classes such as PointMonitor do not exist....

[Anonymous]

There is a sample in the ARX skd to do it in C++
ObjectARX\samples\entity\MultilineTooltipSamp

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Is there an alternative class for AutoCAD 2005? Unfortunately, many of the
event classes such as PointMonitor do not exist....

[Mikko]

I saw a C# example somewhere but can't find it at the moment. Here is a VB example.

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices

Public Class Class1

Public Event PointMonitorEventHandler(ByVal WhatIsIt)

<CommandMethod("What")> _
Public Sub What()
AddHandler Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor.PointMonitor, New Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.PointMonitorEventHandler(AddressOf WhatIsIt)
End Sub

Private Sub WhatIsIt(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.PointMonitorEventArgs)
Dim ePaths() As FullSubentityPath = e.Context.GetPickedEntities()
If ePaths.Length > 0 Then
Dim ePath As FullSubentityPath = ePaths(0)
Dim db As Database = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase
Dim t As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()
Try
Dim ent As Entity = CType(t.GetObject(ePath.GetObjectIds()(0), OpenMode.ForRead), Entity)
e.AppendToolTipText("I am an " + ent.GetType().ToString())
Finally
t.Dispose()
End Try
End If
End Sub

End Class

[Anonymous]

Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I understand native ARX is the
only
option.
wrote in message news:5244449@discussion.autodesk.com...
I saw a C# example somewhere but can't find it at the moment. Here is a VB
example.

Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices

Public Class Class1

Public Event PointMonitorEventHandler(ByVal WhatIsIt)

<CommandMethod("What")> _
Public Sub What()
AddHandler
Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor.PointMonitor, New
Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.PointMonitorEventHandler(AddressOf WhatIsIt)
End Sub

Private Sub WhatIsIt(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput.PointMonitorEventArgs)
Dim ePaths() As FullSubentityPath = e.Context.GetPickedEntities()
If ePaths.Length > 0 Then
Dim ePath As FullSubentityPath = ePaths(0)
Dim db As Database = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase
Dim t As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()
Try
Dim ent As Entity = CType(t.GetObject(ePath.GetObjectIds()(0),
OpenMode.ForRead), Entity)
e.AppendToolTipText("I am an " + ent.GetType().ToString())
Finally
t.Dispose()
End Try
End If
End Sub

End Class

[Anonymous]

"Paul Richardson" wrote

>> Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I
>> understand native ARX is the only option.

The only option for tooltips ?


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[Anonymous]

I didn't think you could monitor the cursor in 05
with managed ARX? Or did I misunderstand what
he was looking for all together.

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
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"Paul Richardson" wrote

>> Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I
>> understand native ARX is the only option.

The only option for tooltips ?


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[smcclure]

There are two seperate questions here... First, there was a question about the PointMonitor in general... I responded with a second question about implementing the PointMonitor in ACAD2005, since it seems like the upgrade will probably take a little while here.

On a side note (although somewhat related), the .NET wrapper for the pointmanager should be basically the same between 2005 and 2006... Is the wrapper open source or would it be possible to recompile only the PointMonitor portion for 2005?

[Anonymous]

After looking at the 2005 managed API, yes you're
right.


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"Paul Richardson" wrote in message news:5244663@discussion.autodesk.com...
I didn't think you could monitor the cursor in 05
with managed ARX? Or did I misunderstand what
he was looking for all together.

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5244644@discussion.autodesk.com...
"Paul Richardson" wrote

>> Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I
>> understand native ARX is the only option.

The only option for tooltips ?


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[Anonymous]

Paul's correct. There is no PointMonitor class in 2005's API.

No, you can't recompile it because there is no source
and it isn't nearly that simple (lot of dependence on
other APIs that are not in 2005 either).

I've said this before and I'll say it again. If you're serious
about .NET development, you need to upgrade to 2006.
Otherwise, you're not going to find much sympathy here
on how to get the benefits of the latter without ugrading.

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wrote in message news:5244715@discussion.autodesk.com...
There are two seperate questions here... First, there was a question about the PointMonitor in general... I responded with a second question about implementing the PointMonitor in ACAD2005, since it seems like the upgrade will probably take a little while here.

On a side note (although somewhat related), the .NET wrapper for the pointmanager should be basically the same between 2005 and 2006... Is the wrapper open source or would it be possible to recompile only the PointMonitor portion for 2005?

[Anonymous]

Since I was using the info you gave me, technically you're correct...;)
"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5244714@discussion.autodesk.com...
After looking at the 2005 managed API, yes you're
right.


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"Paul Richardson" wrote in message
news:5244663@discussion.autodesk.com...
I didn't think you could monitor the cursor in 05
with managed ARX? Or did I misunderstand what
he was looking for all together.

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5244644@discussion.autodesk.com...
"Paul Richardson" wrote

>> Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I
>> understand native ARX is the only option.

The only option for tooltips ?


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[Anonymous]

At this juncture, with having done relatively little
work with the 2005 API, it's hard to remember what
is and is not there 🙂

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"Paul Richardson" wrote in message news:5244764@discussion.autodesk.com...
Since I was using the info you gave me, technically you're correct...;)
"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5244714@discussion.autodesk.com...
After looking at the 2005 managed API, yes you're
right.


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"Paul Richardson" wrote in message
news:5244663@discussion.autodesk.com...
I didn't think you could monitor the cursor in 05
with managed ARX? Or did I misunderstand what
he was looking for all together.

"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5244644@discussion.autodesk.com...
"Paul Richardson" wrote

>> Same in c#. But he needs this for 2005 and as I
>> understand native ARX is the only option.

The only option for tooltips ?


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[Anonymous]

Pointing you to this sample was meant to
highlight '
title="AcEdInputPointMonitor Class">AcEdInputPointMonitor'.
The

title="AcEdInputPointMonitor Class">tooltip part is just a
bonus.

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"Paul Richardson" <prichardsonATadelphia.net>
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There is a sample in
the ARX skd to do it in
C++
ObjectARX\samples\entity\MultilineTooltipSamp

<smcclure>
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Is there an alternative class for AutoCAD 2005?
Unfortunately, many of the
event classes such as PointMonitor do not
exist....