Shared Parameter : Set default value

[nicolas.calvi]

Hi,

I have created un shared parameter on a type with API, but I don't found how set the parameter with a default value.

This is my code :

using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(doc, "Some operations"))
{
	transaction.Start();

	ElementType duplicate = type.Duplicate("Test - " + type.Name);

	// Récupération des paramètres partagées

	GlobalApp.Instance.CreateSharedFile();
	this._application.Application.SharedParametersFilename = GlobalApp.Instance.CurrentDocumentRoot + "-PIMSharedParameters.txt";

	DefinitionFile file = this._application.Application.OpenSharedParameterFile();

	if (file == null)
		return;

	DefinitionGroup group = file.Groups.get_Item("MyGroup");

	if (group == null)
		group = file.Groups.Create("MyGroup");

	Definition def;

	if (group.Definitions.Contains(group.Definitions.get_Item("My Param")))
		def = group.Definitions.get_Item("My Param");
	else
	{
		ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions options = new ExternalDefinitionCreationOptions("My Param", ParameterType.Text);
		options.Visible = true;
		options.HideWhenNoValue = false;
		options.UserModifiable = true;

		def = group.Definitions.Create(options);
	}

	BuiltInCategory builtInCategory = (BuiltInCategory)Enum.ToObject(typeof(BuiltInCategory), duplicate.Category.Id.IntegerValue);

	CategorySet cats = this._application.Application.Create.NewCategorySet();
	cats.Insert(doc.Settings.Categories.get_Item(builtInCategory));

	TypeBinding bind = this._application.Application.Create.NewTypeBinding(cats);


	bool result = doc.ParameterBindings.Insert(def, bind, BuiltInParameterGroup.PG_DATA);

	// Default value
	// ???

	transaction.Commit();
}

Can someone help me ?

Thnaks.

[lukaskohout]

Since you cannot do this in UI manually you cannot do this with API.

You have to get all the elements with that parameter assigned and set the value directly to them. 

[Revitalizer]

Hi,

which means that he needs to implement an IUpdater to intercept newly created elements, setting the default value.

Revitalizer