Change Icon of Client Feature via API

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I've created a Client Feature containing tons of other Features, so far so good.

Now, I have this Client Feature, with a Client Feature name, but only with the standard Client Feature Icon (<x> with a blue square body).

I want to change this icon to something more specific 🙂

The resources I found on the internet are not working (don't know why).

(https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2015/01/change-icon-of-clientfeature-node-in-built-in-b...)

(https://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2012/08/change-the-browser-node-icon.html)

I got multiple exceptions if I try.

So, has someone a simple example? (Override Icon etc.)

This is the current status:

 

Greetings to all.

[etaCAD]

Hi,

here are some parts of my code to change the icon of the client feature. This works only as add-in.

 ' Try to find an existing resource.
                Dim oCnr As ClientNodeResource = Nothing
                Dim oCheckResource As ClientNodeResource
                For Each oCheckResource In mPartDocument.BrowserPanes.ClientNodeResources
                    If oCheckResource.ClientId = "FeatureClientID" Then
                        ' Save a reference to the existing client node resource.
                        oCnr = oCheckResource
                        Exit For
                    End If
                Next

                ' Create the resource if it doesn't already exist.
                If oCnr Is Nothing Then
                    Dim oIcon As IPictureDisp
                    oIcon = mBrowserIcons.RBfeatureBrowser  ' Das geht nur als Addin
                   ' Create a client node resource.
                    oCnr = mPartDocument.BrowserPanes.ClientNodeResources.Add("FeatureClientID", -1, oIcon)
                End If

' Get the browser node definition associated with the client feature.
Dim oNativeBrowserNodeDef As NativeBrowserNodeDefinition
oNativeBrowserNodeDef = mPartDocument.BrowserPanes.GetNativeBrowserNodeDefinition(oClientFeature)

' Override the icon for the client feature.
oNativeBrowserNodeDef.OverrideIcon = oCnr

[chandra.shekar.g]

@Anonymous ,

Hoping that suggestions in the below link may be helpful.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/andreww/2007/07/30/converting-between-ipicturedisp-and-system-drawing-image

Thanks and regards,

[Passi10]

Hi Andreas,

first of all, thanks for your reply.

This line here:

                    oCnr = mPartDocument.BrowserPanes.ClientNodeResources.Add("FeatureClientID", -1, oIcon)

Creates an exception. The problem is, the exception is not very specific 🙂

What I know is: I took the correct Feature Client ID

The oIcon is only the picture data. I also got that correctly.

So, there are only 2 possibilities existing:

1. The Id Integer is not correct (-1)

2. The line is not working here because of a reason I didn't know. (Write protection of the specific Clientnoderesources?!?!

I have nooo idea.

(By the way, this line was also the reason, I didn't get the other examples working.)

Greetings