Cannot Pan/Rotate when calling GetPoint() or GetString() in modeless palette

william.delaughter — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:00:40 GMT

I'm trying to call a prompt to get a point while in a modeless palette. I'm currently using document.Editor.GetPoint(). Getting the point works just fine, however, I am unable to pan/rotate. When I click the middle mouse and drag, it just says "Invalid Point" and presents the prompt again.

Curious as to what was going on, I tried using GetString() instead trying to middle click pan or rotate would just quit out of the command. Pulling it up in the debug, I saw that the string that was being accepted was "'_.3DPAN2". Meaning the pan input is being read, but the actual pan command isn't getting processed.

What I've gathered is that somehow, when calling the prompt this way, AutoCAD isn't accepting the transparent commands. I've seen in other threads that a solution I can use is to wrap the code needing the prompt in a command, but that will require some re-architecting and my team wanted to see if there was another way to achieve this first.

Here's a code example (note we were experimenting with document locking, but that didn't seem to change anything):

private void SaveThumbnail_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { Document doc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument; PromptResult result; using (doc.LockDocument(DocumentLockMode.Read, "MYCOMMANDNAME", "MYCOMMANDNAME", false)) { result = doc.Editor.GetString(new PromptStringOptions("Get String")); } }

Re: Cannot Pan/Rotate when calling GetPoint() or GetString() in modeless palette

ActivistInvestor — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:19:10 GMT

Perhaps this might allow transparent pans/zooms:

private async void SaveThumbnail_Click2(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var docmgr = Application.DocumentManager; Document doc = docmgr.MdiActiveDocument; PromptResult result; await docmgr.ExecuteInCommandContextAsync(o => { result = doc.Editor.GetString("\nGetString: "); return Task.CompletedTask; }, null); doc.Editor.WriteMessage($"\nResult: {result.StringResult}"); }

Re: Cannot Pan/Rotate when calling GetPoint() or GetString() in modeless palette

_gile — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:30:09 GMT

@ActivistInvestor Nice trick!

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