topic Re: getting all XData of a selected entity in .NET Forum

getting all XData of a selected entity

_Bilal — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:07:07 GMT

Hi,

How to get all XData of a selected entity using .NET

Thank you

Re: getting all XData of a selected entity

_gile — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:36:11 GMT

Hi,

The DBObject class (from which Entity is derived) has an XData property.

Re: getting all XData of a selected entity

_Bilal — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:39:08 GMT

Thank you _gile,

Actually I am looking for .NET snippet like the one in autolisp (setq oXDlst (cdr (assoc -3 (entget (car (entsel)) '("*")))))

Re: getting all XData of a selected entity

_gile — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:49:59 GMT

You should post what you've written so far so that we can adapt a snippet.

The C# "equivalent" to the (setq oXDlst (cdr (assoc -3 (entget (car (entsel)) '("*"))))) AutoLISP snippet, could be:

var doc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument; var db = doc.Database; var ed = doc.Editor; var promptEntityResult = ed.GetEntity("\nSelect object: "); ResultBuffer oXDlst = default; if (promptEntityResult.Status == PromptStatus.OK) { using (var tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { var entity = tr.GetObject(promptEntityResult.ObjectId, OpenMode.ForRead); oXDlst = entity.XData; tr.Commit(); } }

Re: getting all XData of a selected entity

_Bilal — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:14:25 GMT

Thank you _gile,

I was trying (Googling and using ChatGPT) to get or develop a solution to retrieve all XData of a selected entity, but my code turned out to be quite long and convoluted. I didn't manage to find a direct and efficient way to do it, which is why I didn't post it here. I was sure that there was a more direct and straightforward solution.