Associative Hatch

I am creting a circle element and an associative hatch.
However when this circle is moved by the VBA app, the associative hatch doesn´t move with it.
The associative attribute is set to TRUE and I run a REGEN and REDRAW command in the end of command.

What is necessary to do for all the associative hatches follow their element transformations ?

Obs:If I open the PROPERTIES WINDOW for this hatch element and simply close this windows, the hatch begins to move with the element - I can´t understand this !!!

thanks,
Tacito M Fieker

 

Something *is* odd. The Regen method doesn't update the display, but a
command-pipeline Regen *does*.

Public Sub Test()
Dim pt1(0 To 2) As Double
pt1(0) = 0#: pt1(1) = 0#: pt1(2) = 0#

Dim pt2(0 To 2) As Double
pt2(0) = 2#: pt2(1) = 2#: pt2(2) = 0#

With ThisDrawing.ModelSpace
Dim myCircle As AcadCircle
Set myCircle = .AddCircle(pt1, 1#)

Dim myLoops(0) As AcadEntity
Set myLoops(0) = myCircle

Dim myHatch As AcadHatch
Set myHatch = .AddHatch(acHatchPatternTypePreDefined, "Solid", True,
acHatchObject)
End With

myHatch.AppendOuterLoop myLoops
myHatch.Evaluate
myHatch.Update

myCircle.Move pt1, pt2
myCircle.Update
SendCommand "Regen "

End Sub


--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| I am creting a circle element and an associative hatch.
| However when this circle is moved by the VBA app, the associative hatch
doesn´t move with it.
| The associative attribute is set to TRUE and I run a REGEN and REDRAW
command in the end of command.
| What is necessary to do for all the associative hatches follow their
element transformations ?
|
| Obs:If I open the PROPERTIES WINDOW for this hatch element and simply
close this windows, the hatch begins to move with the element - I can´t
understand this !!!
|
| thanks,
| Tacito M Fieker
|
|

 

Many folks fall into the trap of assuming that code
executed directly from the IDE behaves the same
as code executed in response to a user-action.

Unfortunately, that's not always the case.

If you're using VBA, then try running your code from
the IDE and from the command line (using -VBARUN) and
see if it behaves the same.

--
http://www.acadxtabs.com

with the element - I can´t understand this !!!

 

Robert, the given code doesn´t work well for me. When the circle is moved, the hatch isn´t. However if you OPEN the properties window in ACAD, only click in the Associative (YES), close this window, and move the circle; the problem disappear. If you exit ACAD and start again the problem return.
   My application is in a DLL app and it is called by a VBA Form. I use "sendcommand REGEN " and doesn´t work. I tryed with ACAD 2002 and 2004... I don´t know how to solve this.
  Thanks, Tacito.

 

Tony, you are correct. If I comment out the regen, and run the test
procedure with vbarun, the hatch does update to the correct position.


--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


"Tony Tanzillo" <tony.tanzillo at caddzone dot com> wrote in message
| Many folks fall into the trap of assuming that code
| executed directly from the IDE behaves the same
| as code executed in response to a user-action.
|
| Unfortunately, that's not always the case.
|
| If you're using VBA, then try running your code from
| the IDE and from the command line (using -VBARUN) and
| see if it behaves the same.
|
| --
| http://www.acadxtabs.com
|
|
| > I am creting a circle element and an associative hatch.
| > However when this circle is moved by the VBA app, the associative hatch
doesn´t move with it.
| > The associative attribute is set to TRUE and I run a REGEN and REDRAW
command in the end of command.
| > What is necessary to do for all the associative hatches follow their
element transformations ?
| >
| > Obs:If I open the PROPERTIES WINDOW for this hatch element and simply
close this windows, the hatch begins to move
| with the element - I can´t understand this !!!
| >
| > thanks,
| > Tacito M Fieker
| >
| >
|
|

 

I tested under TuFer and it worked. As Tony brought out, if you comment out
the SendCommand, and run the test procedure using -vbarun, it works as
expected.

--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| Robert, the given code doesn´t work well for me. When the circle is moved,
the hatch isn´t. However if you OPEN the properties window in ACAD, only
click in the Associative (YES), close this window, and move the circle; the
problem disappear. If you exit ACAD and start again the problem return.
| My application is in a DLL app and it is called by a VBA Form. I use
"sendcommand REGEN " and doesn´t work. I tryed with ACAD 2002 and 2004... I
don´t know how to solve this.
| Thanks, Tacito.

 

Tony, you are right. The code above run from IDE doesn´t move the hatch. When it is run from "-vbarun " the hatch is moved together. But my app was built as a DLL, called by a VBA form and in this case it doesn´t move the hatch. The only way to move is what I mentioned above. In ACAD, selecet the hatch, open the properties windows, click in the associative (YES), close this window and move the circle manually. After doing this my app works fine. After exits ACAD the problem return and it is necessary repeat this procedure.

 

Robert, when I try to get the attachment, the page return an error: "No attachments". Could you send me by email ? Thanks.

 

Sending... (I forgot you were on the web-side.)

--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com


| Robert, when I try to get the attachment, the page return an error: "No
attachments". Could you send me by email ? Thanks.

 

After testing many alternatives, the only condition the problem occurs is when the ACFOCUSCTRL.DLL is used in a form. In this case the hatch doesn´t move with the associative element.
If you don´t use this component and run the app using -VBARUN, the associative hatch moves together.