Using the entities method clone()

[Ben_68]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post in this forum, so greetings to all...

Did someone know how to use the entities method clone()?  If I write something like this, "elementToClone.Clone()" alway return null (obviously, "elementToClone" is not null itself and contain an element after it's assignation) :


EA.Element newElement;
EA.Element elementToClone;

elementToClone = Repository.GetElementByID(anElementID);
newElement = elementToClone.Clone();


Maybe I'm not using this method correctly?
NB, I'll be in vacation soon, so don't worry if you post an answer and I don't reply fast...

Thank you!

[Geert Bellekens]

Not sure, I've never really used that method yet (it's fairly recent IIRC)

I did use package.Clone in the past, and that worked just fine.

According to the documentation that code should work.

Geert

[Ben_68]

Hi Geert,

While trying to make it work, I have also tested this with package.clone() method, with the same result; package.clone() return null.  Just figure out the same code sample with a package instead of an element.  That's why I think that maybe it should no be written this way...

Thank you,

[Ben_68]

BTW, we use EA 14, so it's not a matter of EA version...

[qwerty]

What's the reason for creating clones in a model? That's always making me shiver one starts doing that. A model is about abstraction. Not about creating clones.

q.

[Geert Bellekens]

That's weird. Have you reported it to sparx support?

Geert