Problem in TaggedValue updation.

[Thiyagaraj A]

I have created an Add-In where in a  pop up window will be shown when an user add a new element. On that I am getting values for Tagged Values of that element. But when i update it, the TVs are not getting updated. I am showing the same dialog when an user double clicks the particular element. Surprisingly this time TVs are getting updated. Does any body had this problem before?

[Frank Horn]

I'm not sure if I know what you mean. Perhaps you can explain further.

Are those new elements from a profile which defines tagged values? Do you mean that in the EA_OnPreNewElement event  the tagged values have not yet been added? Or in the EA_OnPostNewElement event? And in the EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked event they are there?

[Thiyagaraj A]

I am explaining further,
I have an Add-In in which on EA_OnPostNewElement handle I am showing my own dialog which takes values from the user and I am storing them as the new element's tagged values. The problem is the taggedValues are not getting updated. But I am opening the same dialog for getting the values in EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked handle but there the tagged values are getting updated. Code for updating the taggedvalues in both the instances is the same.

[Frank Horn]

Maybe EA fires the EA_OnPostNewElement event before it adds the tagged values defined in the profile. But this doesn't seem to make sense.

What exactly are you doing?

If you call GetByName on a tagged value collection and EA has not yet added the taggeed value you want to update, it should return null. But if it actually returns a tagged value object, lets you set the Value property without throwing an exception, and then simply eats your new value without writing it to the database, then I would definitely call it a bug.

Maybe you should send a code snippet to Sparx with a bug report or a support request. Or publish a few lines of code here; maybe someone has an idea.

[«Midnight»]

Just a guess,

Try calling Refresh() on the TaggedValues collection of the element at some point. An un-refreshed collection sometimes acts very strangely.