Methods
SetInvisibleEdge Method

SetXData Method

TransformBy Method
IntelliCAD 11.1 Object Library
SetXData Method
See Also 
TypeArray

Array that indicates the type of data (for example, string or 3D point) in the corresponding location of the XDataValue array.

DataArray
Array that indicates the value of the data (for example, "Hello" or 5,0,0).
Face3D Object : SetXData Method

Description

Sets the extended entity data associated with an entity.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Sub SetXData( _
   ByVal TypeArray As Variant, _
   ByVal DataArray As Variant _
)

Parameters

TypeArray

Array that indicates the type of data (for example, string or 3D point) in the corresponding location of the XDataValue array.

DataArray
Array that indicates the value of the data (for example, "Hello" or 5,0,0).

Remarks

XData is seen as a pair of arrays. The first array tells you what type of data (e.g., string or 3D point) is in the corresponding location in the second array (e.g., "Hi there" or 3,0,0). To get an entity's XData, you pass two empty arrays to GetXData. GetXData populates these arrays with the entity's XData. You can then iterate through the arrays and read the data. VBA uses the same datatype codes (1000 for a string, 1003 for a layer name, and so on) as LISP.

Example

Option Explicit

Private Const APP_NAME As String = "TEST_APP"

' This example gets an entity and its Xdata (if it exists) and prints the

' info in the debug window.

Sub ReadXData()

     ' get the entity.

     Dim anObj As Object

     Dim pt As IntelliCAD.Point

     ActiveDocument.Utility.GetEntity anObj, pt, "Select an entity: "

     ' get its xdata.

     Dim xdataType As Variant

     Dim xdataValue As Variant

     Dim appName As String

     anObj.GetXData APP_NAME, xdataType, xdataValue

     ' iterate through the XData.

     Dim lbnd As Integer, ubnd As Integer

     Dim i As Integer

     If (vbEmpty <> VarType(xdataType)) Then

          lbnd = LBound(xdataType)

          ubnd = UBound(xdataType)

          For i = lbnd To ubnd

               If ( _

                    (1010 = xdataType(i)) _

                    Or _

                    (1011 = xdataType(i)) _

                    Or _

                    (1012 = xdataType(i)) _

                    Or _

                    (1013 = xdataType(i)) _

                    ) Then

                    Dim ptX As IntelliCAD.Point

                    Set ptX = xdataValue(i)

                    Debug.Print "XData Type: " & xdataType(i) & " Xdata Value: " & ptX.x & "," & ptX.y & "," & ptX.z

                    Set ptX = Nothing

               Else

                    Debug.Print "XData Type: " & xdataType(i) & " Xdata Value: " & xdataValue(i)

               End If

          Next i

     Else

          Debug.Print "No XData for " & APP_NAME

     End If

     

     Set anObj = Nothing

End Sub

Sub AppendXData()

     ' get the entity.

     Dim anObj As Object

     Dim pt As IntelliCAD.Point

     ActiveDocument.Utility.GetEntity anObj, pt, "Select an entity: "

     ' get its xdata.

     Dim xdataType As Variant

     Dim xdataValue As Variant

     anObj.GetXData APP_NAME, xdataType, xdataValue

     If (vbEmpty = VarType(xdataType)) Then

          Dim tmp(0 To 0) As Integer

          xdataType = tmp

          ReDim xdataValue(0 To 0)

          ' the first item in the XData should be a 1001

          ' code giving the app's name.

          xdataType(0) = 1001

          xdataValue(0) = APP_NAME

     End If

 

     ' redimension the XData arrays, preserving their

     ' contents.

     ReDim Preserve xdataType(LBound(xdataType) _

          To (UBound(xdataType) + 1))

     ReDim Preserve xdataValue(LBound(xdataValue) _

          To (UBound(xdataValue) + 1))

 

     ' stuff some new data in.

     xdataType(UBound(xdataType)) = 1000

     xdataValue(UBound(xdataValue)) = "Hi, I was added!"

     ' store the data.

     anObj.SetXData xdataType, xdataValue

     Set anObj = Nothing

End Sub

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