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user-defined property InwOaProperty, can it be set as boolean, Point3D etc aka VariantDataType

alexisDVJML — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:06:42 GMT

For non user-defined category/properties, when accessing them, we get a VariantData that include its type VariantDataType. This includes boolean, Int32, Double, etc..

This provides better storage use, better search etc. than just having strings for all values.

When creating user-defined properties, we use InwOaProperty that has only object value field.

Seems to be working if we pass int, double, string.

Not sure about DoubleLength for example and things like Point3D, which type to pass/how to force this type when adding a property?

Anyone with experience with those?

Re: user-defined property InwOaProperty, can it be set as boolean, Point3D etc aka VariantDataType

ulski1 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:57:05 GMT

I have code that adds strings, datetime and decimal. I thought we where limited to the VariantDatatype?

Re: user-defined property InwOaProperty, can it be set as boolean, Point3D etc aka VariantDataType

alexisDVJML — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:35:20 GMT

In addition to string I'm adding for now double and int.
I tested adding these double/int either as is or converting them to string.

1/ I noticed a difference in behaviour:
when inserted as int/double, if you try to edit them using Navisworks GUI dialog Edit Property Value (or double click), the dialog prevent entering non integer/double value, so Navisworks is aware of the inserted type, good!

However
2/ If I inspect these properties using AppInfo provided plugin, these properties are tagged as DisplayString while for non-user defined properties I have in various model, they are tagged correctly aka Int32, Double, etc.

Exemple of correctly tagged property, material:

Exemple of incorrectly tagged property, our user-defined MTO#:

So still very mysterious!!!

@naveen.kumar.t any insider informations/explanations?