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Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:42:53 GMT

I am trying to select a text object and if the text pick is missed immediately go to a selection window. The way I am trying to do this is to use editor.getpoint then immediately feed the point into the editor.getnestedentity with noninteractivepickpoint set to true. The problem with this is for the first pick the cursor is a crosshair and not a pickbox. I am using this approach because it seems there is no way to have getnestedentity stop picking points if you miss. I can hit enter if I set allownone to true but that is an extra step. Is there a way to temporarily turn the crosshairs to a pickbox or is there a better way to approach this?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

_Tharwat — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:57:24 GMT

Hi,

Why you are using editor.getPoint to select an entity since you have a method with the editor.getEntity or GetNestedEntity?

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:16:54 GMT

Thanks for the response.

I need to select attributes within a block as well.

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:29:14 GMT

If I use getnestedentity if you miss it just asks to select more objects I need it to stop selecting so I can implement getcorner. Basically if the user misses with getnested entityI am making a selectionset of every attribute and text object in the drawing and determining if they are within the box.

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

_Tharwat — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:36:04 GMT

Did you write any codes for this regard?

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:58:20 GMT

Yes but its over 1000 lines too big to post

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:15:49 GMT

I don't know if this helps but this is the code I use to start the selection process

                Dim mypeo As New PromptNestedEntityOptions(vbCr + "Select " + " Text, Count=" + TextList.Count.ToString())
                Dim myPPO As New PromptPointOptions(vbCr + "select " + " Text, Count=" + TextList.Count.ToString())
                Dim myPPRes As PromptPointResult = Nothing
                myPPRes = myed.GetPoint(myPPO)
                If myPPRes.Status = PromptStatus.OK Then 
                 mypeo.AllowNone = True
                 mypeo.NonInteractivePickPoint = myPPRes.Value
                 mypeo.UseNonInteractivePickPoint = True
100:             Dim mypNestSelRes As PromptNestedEntityResult = Nothing
                 mypNestSelRes = myed.GetNestedEntity(mypeo)


It works but like I said I would like to temporarily switch the crosshairs with a selectionbox 
Im not sure if this is the right approach even.

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:17:06 GMT

Its a kludge but I set the cursorsize to 1 and autosnap to 1 and the aperture to the Pickbox size temporarily and it kind of looks like a pickbox.

Thanks for your input.

Re: Set GetnestedEntity to Handle a missed pick on an object differently

GeeHaa — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:04:08 GMT

I also had to set APBOX to 1 temporarily