How to access element in Diagram.selectedObjects

[pdelporte]

I am writing an add-in to be able to change the status of selected elememts in a diagram. I can easly see the number of selected elements, but I cannot get a reference to the selected elements in order to change some of their attributes.

Does anyone know how I can access those elements ?

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prj = Repository.GetProjectInterface();
// get the selected package

EA.Diagram diagram = Repository.GetCurrentDiagram();

// What type of object should I use instead of Object obj ?
foreach (Object obj in diagram.SelectedObjects)
{
  // the following convetion does not work !!!
  EA.Element elem = (EA.Element)obj;
  Console.WriteLine(elem.Name);
                       
}


Thx,
Pierre

[«Midnight»]

Pierre,

Perhaps you need to work your way down the reference 'chain' from the selected object to the element it represents.

I believe the SelectedObjects call returns a list of DiagramObjects, not a list of elements.

David

[pdelporte]

Great, I found the solution :

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prj = Repository.GetProjectInterface();
// get the selected package

EA.Diagram diagram = Repository.GetCurrentDiagram();

foreach (EA.DiagramObject dObj in diagram.SelectedObjects)
{
  EA.Element elem = Repository.GetElementByID(dObj.ElementID);
  Console.WriteLine(elem.Name);
                       
}


Thx for the quick help.

Yours,
Pierre

[«Midnight»]

Yes Pierre,

That's just what I was thinking. Thanks for the feedback; it helps everyone to know the solutions that work.

David