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Opening objects ForRead but not closing them?

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:04:15 GMT

Dear All,

I'm a bit confused about what ObjectARX DevGuide
is suggesting and what happens in real life. It's about opening objects with
OpenMode.ForRead using TransactionManager - do I need to imlicitly Close()
opened object after I'm finished inspecting it, or it's performed somehow
automatically when current Transaction gets disposed? Here's what ObjectARX
DevGuide suggests:

Obtaining Pointers to Objects in a Transaction

(...)

If you use the getObject() function to obtain an
object pointer, you should never call close() on that
object pointer. Calling close() is valid only if you
obtained the pointer using acdbOpenObject() or the
object was newly created. For more information on when you can call
class=courier>close() on an object pointer, see the following sections,

href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev188.html#388456">Newly
Created Objects and Transactions and
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev1811.html#391761">Mixing
the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism.

and also:

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">Mixing
the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">The
transaction model coexists with the regular open and close mechanism described
in
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev0512.html#394984">chapter
5,
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev05.html#392141">Database
Objects. However, if you are using the transaction model, it is recommended
that you do not mix it with the open and close mechanism. For example, if you
obtained a pointer to an object using
class=courier>AcTransaction::getObject(), you should
not call close() on
the object pointer, which could cause unexpected results and may crash AutoCAD.
However, you are free to open and close a particular object even if transactions
are active. You can also instantiate new objects, add them to the database, and
close them while transactions are active. The primary purpose of having the
mixed model is to allow simultaneous execution of multiple applications where
some use transaction management and others do not, but all of them are operating
on the same objects.

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face=Verdana size=2>What really happens sometimes is that ACAD clugs and crashes
if I do not issue implicit Close() of an object. Here's a simple piece of code
utilizing above stated mechanism (sticking to DevGuide directives):

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">Dim db
As Database =
Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Database()

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">Dim trm
As
Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.TransactionManager =
db.TransactionManager

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">Dim tr
As Transaction =
trm.StartTransaction

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">Dim bt
As BlockTable =
tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead)

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" size=2>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Try

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New"> For
size=2> Each ob
As ObjectId
color=#0000ff size=2>In bt

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">
Dim btr As
size=2> BlockTableRecord = tr.GetObject(ob,
OpenMode.ForRead)

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New">
color=#0000ff> If UCase(btr.Name) = btr.ModelSpace
Then

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
color=#0000ff>
size=2>
color=#008080>'Inspect some ModelSpace properties...

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
size=2>
color=#0000ff> End
color=#0000ff>If

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
color=#0000ff>
face="Courier New" size=2>Next

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
size=2>
color=#0000ff>Finally

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" size=2>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" size=2> bt.Dispose()

tr.Dispose()

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" size=2> trm.Dispose()

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" size=2>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=2>
db.Dispose()

End Try

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
color=#0000ff>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face=Verdana>Thanks in advance for any suggestion or clarification.

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face=Verdana>

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face=Verdana>Regards,

title="Mixing the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism ">
face=Verdana>Maksim Sestic

Re: Opening objects ForRead but not closing them?

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:33:32 GMT

Final conclusions... There is an error either in
.NET wrapper regarding TransactionManager behaviour, or in ObjectARX DevGuide.
Please note the statement from a full excerpt below:

"If you use the getObject() function to obtain
an object pointer, you should never call close() on
that object pointer."

What really happens is that ACAD crashes during
shutdown (Quit) if there is no Close() for obained object pointers
within Transaction. It's of no significance if object is opened ForRead or
ForWrite.

Regards,

Maksim Sestic

Obtaining Pointers to Objects in a Transaction

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(...)

If you use the getObject() function to obtain
an object pointer, you should never call close() on
that object pointer. Calling close() is valid only
if you obtained the pointer using acdbOpenObject()
or the object was newly created. For more information on when you can call
close() on an object pointer, see the following
sections,
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev188.html#388456">Newly
Created Objects and Transactions and
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev1811.html#391761">Mixing
the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism.

Re: Opening objects ForRead but not closing them?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:23:46 GMT

Can you post some code that shows this behavior?
This shouldn't happen so I'm pretty sure there's something else going
on.

ALbert

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"Maksim Sestic" <
href="mailto:info@geoinova.com">info@geoinova.com> wrote in message
href="news:4927121@discussion.autodesk.com">news:4927121@discussion.autodesk.com...

Final conclusions... There is an error either
in .NET wrapper regarding TransactionManager behaviour, or in ObjectARX
DevGuide. Please note the statement from a full excerpt below:

"If you use the getObject() function to obtain
an object pointer, you should never call close() on
that object pointer."

What really happens is that ACAD crashes during
shutdown (Quit) if there is no Close() for obained object pointers
within Transaction. It's of no significance if object is opened ForRead
or ForWrite.

Regards,

Maksim Sestic

Obtaining Pointers to Objects in a Transaction

style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

(...)

If you use the getObject() function to
obtain an object pointer, you should never call
class=courier>close() on that object pointer. Calling
class=courier>close() is valid only if you obtained the pointer using
acdbOpenObject() or the object was newly created.
For more information on when you can call close()
on an object pointer, see the following sections,
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev188.html#388456">Newly
Created Objects and Transactions and
href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Administrator\Desktop\docs\arxdev.chm::/arxdev1811.html#391761">Mixing
the Transaction Model with the Open and Close Mechanism.