topic Re: Select all in model space in .NET Forum

Select all in model space

gwhitcherQ98HZ — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:19:20 GMT

How do I select all without a filter and iterate through all that has been selected in VB.Net?

Using this code generate an error at the ed.SelectAll() line

Try Dim Res As PromptSelectionResult = ed.SelectAll() If (Res.Status = PromptStatus.OK) Then Dim selectedIds As ObjectId() = Res.Value.GetObjectIds() Using lk As DocumentLock = doc.LockDocument() Using tr As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction() For j = 0 To selectedIds.Count - 1 Dim ent As Entity = DirectCast(GetObjectbyID(selectedIds(j)), Entity) ent.UpgradeOpen() ent.ColorIndex = 8 ent.DowngradeOpen() Next tr.Commit() End Using End Using End If Catch ex As Exception End Try

Re: Select all in model space

kerry_w_brown — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:06:36 GMT

What is the error message ?

Is it getting caught by in the catch block ?

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Please use the '</>' button to post /format code

Re: Select all in model space

gwhitcherQ98HZ — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:16:25 GMT

yes. the error says: eNotApplicable

Re: Select all in model space

kerry_w_brown — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:29:07 GMT

Are you calling this code from a form. ?

Is the document in a side database ?

is CommandFlags.Session added to your CommandMethod attribute ?

( Editor interactive methods (ed.Getxxx, ed.Selectxxx, etc) can only be called on the active document )

Re: Select all in model space

Ed__Jobe — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:30:06 GMT

@kerry_w_brown wrote:

Please use the '</>' button to post /format code

Hi @kerry_w_brown

You can refer users to this sticky post.

Re: Select all in model space

gwhitcherQ98HZ — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:31:10 GMT

I just found out that issue. I wasn't setting the editor to the newly opened drawing. I am trying to change every entity to a specific color. I am at another error now.

Re: Select all in model space

kerry_w_brown — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:44:09 GMT

@Ed__Jobe ,

Thanks Ed, I'll bookmark that.
I actually have one saved for C# code , but was in a hurry.

It also helps if the code is preformatted properly, but that's another issue 😉

Regards,

Re: Select all in model space

kerry_w_brown — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:47:09 GMT

@gwhitcherQ98HZ

good,

I assumed it would be an active document issue.

Regards,

Re: Select all in model space

gwhitcherQ98HZ — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:55:46 GMT

Once I have the objectIds, I get each one as a DBObject . I have opened each one Forwrite but I get an einvalidopenstate error

Re: Select all in model space

ActivistInvestor — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:43:57 GMT

What is the exception that is thrown by the call to SelectAll()?

If you are trying to select all objects in model space, there really isn't any point to calling SelectAll() when you can simply get the model space BlockTableRecord and enumerate its elements. There are hundreds of code examples posted here that demonstrate how to do that.

Re: Select all in model space

gwhitcherQ98HZ — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:45:02 GMT

I found the problem. I was not resetting the database or the editor when I opened a new drawing

Re: Select all in model space

kerry_w_brown — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:59:17 GMT

@gwhitcherQ98HZ ,

Aside from Tony's excellent point . . .

The main thing to learn from this thread is to provide a good description of the problem conditions and to provide sufficient (readable and pre-formatted) code to allow deciphering the problem.

Regards,