acedEntSel doen't return RTKWORD

[johnteng00]

Hi guys,

I need your help. I use the following two function to set up the key words in the new command in my plugin:

acedInitGet(0, ACRX_T("noBendinglines Kfactor"));

acedEntSel("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[noBendinglines/Kfactor]", ent_name, asDblArray(pickPnt)))

From the comand line, I can see the listed key two words:"noBendlinglines" and "Kfactor". But when I double click any key word, my program doesn't catch the return parameter value "RTKWORD". Basically there is no return from the function "acedEntSel". Could anyone please  help me? I am stuck there.

Regards

John

[owenwengerd]

Double clicking on a keyword in a command prompt does not enter it. You have to type it (or select it from a context menu).

[johnteng00]

thank you for your reply. but even I type it in the context menu, it still doesn't work. It seems to me that the "acedEntSel" never returns even I type a key word.

[owenwengerd]

Perhaps someone can help if you post code that demonstrates the problem

[johnteng00]

Hi guys,

below is the code snippet. Please note the function acedEntSel and acedInitGet I have in the codes. I appreciate if anyone can pass me the code snippet to do the same thing.

I am stuck here and thank you very much for your help.

Regards

John

bool show_bending_line_flag = false;

Acad::ErrorStatus acadReturnValue = Acad::eOk;

int errStat = RTERROR;

ads_name sset;

AcGePoint3d pickPnt;

struct resbuf org_osnap;

acedGetVar(ACRX_T(

"OSMODE"), &org_osnap);

struct resbuf new_osnap = org_osnap;

new_osnap.resval.rint = 0;

int dbg = 2;

acedSetVar(ACRX_T("OSMODE"), &new_osnap);

acedInitGet(0, ACRX_T("noBendinglines Kfactor"));

double k_factor = get_k_factor();

ostringstream ostr;

ostr << k_factor;

AcString kstr(ostr.str().c_str());

AcString tmp_prompt("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[noBendinglines/Kfactor]");

AcString propmt = tmp_prompt;

//+ kstr + cend;

//acedInitGet(0, ACRX_T("K-Factor"));

int ic = 0;

while ((errStat != RTNORM) && (errStat != RTCAN) && (errStat != RTREJ) && (errStat != RTNONE))

{

        ads_name ent_name;

    switch(subType)

        {

         case AcDb::kNullSubentType:

         for (;;)

                   {

              switch (acedEntSel(propmt, ent_name, asDblArray(pickPnt)))

                             {

                  case RTNORM:

                      break; // get the solid name in the codes below

                  case RTKWORD:

                  // read the key wordname and check whether user want to show bending line

                                             ACHAR kw[20];

                     if (_tcscmp(kw, _T("noBendinglines")) == 0)

                                           {

                                                     ostr << k_factor;

                                                     AcString kstr(ostr.str().c_str());

                         if( ic %2 == 0 )

                                                    {

                                                              AcString tmp_prompt0("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[Bendinglines/Kfactor]<Kfactor=");

                                                              AcString cend(">");

                                                              propmt = tmp_prompt + kstr + cend;

                                                              show_bending_line_flag = true;

                                                     }

                         else

                                                    {

                                                              AcString tmp_prompt0("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[noBendinglines/Kfactor]<Kfactor=");

                                                              AcString cend(">");

                                                              propmt = tmp_prompt + kstr + cend;

                                                              show_bending_line_flag =false;

                                                     }

                                                     ic++;

                                            }

                     if (_tcscmp(kw, _T("Kfactor")) == 0)

                                           {

                                                     std::string str("\nEnter K-Factor<");

                                                     ostringstream ostr;

                                                     ostr << k_factor;

                         double backup_k_factor = k_factor;

                                                     string txt = str + ostr.str() +">:";

                                                     AcString astr(txt.c_str());

                         int err = acedGetReal(astr.kTCharPtr(), &k_factor);

                                                     ostr << k_factor;

                                                    AcString kstr(ostr.str().c_str());

                                                    AcString tmp_prompt("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[noBendinglines/Kfactor]<Kfactor=");

                                                    AcString cend(">");

                                                    propmt = tmp_prompt + kstr + cend;

                                         }

                    default:

                    break;

                               }

               break;

                    }

//errStat = acedEntSel(ACRX_T("\n Pick a sheetmetal solid[bendinglines/kfactor]\n"), ent_name, asDblArray(pickPnt));

//if (errStat == RTKWORD)

// dbg = 2;

          break;

          default:

                         acutPrintf(ACRX_T("\n getPath: unsupported subentity type: %d\n"), subType);

       return Acad::eInvalidInput;

}

if (errStat == RTERROR)

{

struct resbuf buf_errno;

acedGetVar(ACRX_T(

"ERRNO"), &buf_errno);

if (buf_errno.resval.rint == OL_ENTSELNULL) errStat = RTNONE;

        }

    }

[loic.jourdan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I see two points that may be fixed:

 - First `acedInitGet(...);` has to be called right before each call to `acedEntSel`, in you case, right before your switch. Otherwise, the keywords won't be available for next `acedEntSel` calls.

 - Second: you never get the value of the keyword, you declare `ACHAR kw[20];` and compare it right after without getting its actual value. You have to call `acedGetInput()` to fill in your kw variable with the actual input keyword.

Except that, I've ran it approximatively successfully (at least, I've got the code in `switch/case RTKWORD` executed correctly)

I hope this helps

[johnteng00]

Hi loic.jourdan,
thank you very much. It works now.
John