Wots the "Output" tab for?

[sargasso]

What does the Output tab ctl-shift-8 do?

bruce

[KP]

It can be written to by Add-ins using the Repository.WriteOutput() method.

[michael_rainwater]

OK -- I just tried Ctrl-Shift-8... and my screen turned upside down. :-)

Really...  It has nothing to do with EA though.  I have an HP monitor that can be pivoted to either portrait or landscape mode.  It has some software running in my tray called Pivot Pro.

Apparently, that shortcut key is used by Pivot Pro to turn the screen upside down.

But what a shock it was to see my model flip around.  And using the mouse upside down is a trip.  It took me a minute to realize what had happened.

ok -- I realize this isn't an EA thing.  Back to topic.  

[thomaskilian]

And what's the 3rd parameter for? Except when omitted it will not output anything...

[KP]

And what's the 3rd parameter for? Except when omitted it will not output anything...

This is an ID of your own devising and is passed on to the EA_OnOutputItemClicked and EA_OnOutputItemDoubleClicked events. You might want to use the ID as an index into an array of context information. An example of use would be for your add-in to respond to users double-clicking an error message by opening a diagram and selecting the affected element: potentially very powerful.

[thomaskilian]

Thanks, Neil. Sounds interesting Up to now I just used it for debugging purposes...