Howto get Space / Layout of object(id)

[faceter]

Hello,

how can I get the Layout of an existing Entity (e.g. AttributeReference entity) ?

I have the AttributeReference object and can get it's ObjectID.

Is there a property or function to get the Layout of the object?

Thanks a lot for your help

nil

[_gile · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can use the BlockId property of the entity to get ObjectId of the BlockTableRecord instance which owns the entity. It can be either a layout or a block definition.

If you need the Layout instance, you can check if its IsLayout property equals true and, then, get the Layout object with the BlockTableRecord.LayoutId property.

[faceter · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot

works fine.

nil

[BKSpurgeon]

using (Transaction tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
    Entity entity = tr.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Entity;                    
    BlockTableRecord btr = tr.GetObject(entity.BlockId, OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTableRecord;

    if (btr.IsLayout)
    {

    }
    else
    {

    }

           

    tr.Commit();
}

some code demonstrating the above for a quick cut and paste.

All credit to Gilles for the answer.