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Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

ChrisPicklesimer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:04:09 GMT

With the following code I can randomly loop through sheets in a dst file data base.  Is thare a way to loop through the sheets via their diplay order in the sheet set manager?  Ultimately I am looking to increment a custom property that is based on display order.

Thanks.

Chris

Private Sub LoopThruSheets(ByVal sheetSetDatabase As IAcSmDatabase)
        ' Get the objects in the sheet set
        Dim enumerator As IAcSmEnumPersist
        enumerator = sheetSetDatabase.GetEnumerator()

        ' Get the first object in the Enumerator
        Dim item As IAcSmPersist
        item = enumerator.Next()

        ' Step through all the objects in the sheet set
        Do While Not item Is Nothing
            Dim sheet As IAcSmSheet = Nothing

            ' Check to see if the object is a sheet
            If item.GetTypeName() = "AcSmSheet" Then
                sheet = item
                MsgBox(sheet.GetName.ToString)
            End If

            ' Get the next Sheet
            item = enumerator.Next()
        Loop
    End Sub

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:52:20 GMT

The enumerator should iterate through the sheets in their natural order, which

is what the SSM displays them in.

I used the SSM to drag a sheet to a different position within its subset

(A110 - Fire Rating Plans in the screenshot), and that's the order it

appears in when my code iterates the sheets in the subset.

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

ChrisPicklesimer — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:38:46 GMT

I have tried it multiple times but the iteration order does not seem to change for me even after I adjusted the odrer via the SSM. Just out of curiousity, did you use the code I posted when you ran your test? I tested using ACA 2008. Would that make a difference?

Thanks.

Chris

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:09:14 GMT

Are you closing and reopening the SheetSet before trying? If not,

that may be it.

I'm not using your code. The code that I use to populate the treeview

shown in the screenshot uses GetDirectlyOwnedObjects() rather the

iterators, which might also explain the difference.

I'm using vanilla AutoCAD so I can't say for sure if ACA's variant of the

SSM is doing something differently.

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

jshimkus — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:24:30 GMT

How did you adjust the sheet order using the SSM?

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

ChrisPicklesimer — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:56:35 GMT

I click on the sheet and drag into position.

Re: Loop Thru Sheets Via Display Order

jshimkus — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:42:24 GMT

OK, I thought you had found a way to do it via code.

Thanks