private void CheckNewTypes()
{
Dictionary <int, SyncProperties> newSyncDictionary = new Dictionary <int, SyncProperties>();
List <int> deletedSync = new List <int>();
foreach (int id in syncDictionary.Keys)
{
SyncProperties sp = syncDictionary[id];
switch (sp.SyncType)
{
case SyncType.Category:
UpdateCategory(sp.CategoryID, newSyncDictionary, deletedSync);
break;
case SyncType.Family:
UpdateFamily(sp.FamilyID, deletedSync);
break;
}
}
//because dictionary collection cannot be modified during the foreach loop
foreach (int id in newSyncDictionary.Keys)
{
SyncProperties sp = newSyncDictionary[id];
syncDictionary.Add(sp.FamilyID, sp); //when adding new families
}
//when exisiting deleted families
foreach (int id in deletedSync)
{
syncDictionary.Remove(id);
}
}
private void UpdateCategory(int id, Dictionary <int, SyncProperties> newSync, List <int> deleted)
{
try
{
BuiltInCategory enumCategory = (BuiltInCategory)id;
FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc);
List <Element> elementTypes = collector.OfCategory(enumCategory).OfClass(typeof(ElementType)).ToElements().ToList();
if (elementTypes.Count > 0)
{
foreach (Element element in elementTypes)
{
ElementType etype = (ElementType)element;
if (!symbolsToExclude.Contains(etype.Id))
{
symbolsToExclude.Add(etype.Id);
FamilySymbol symbol = etype as FamilySymbol;
if (null == symbol)
{
continue;
}
if (!syncDictionary.ContainsKey(symbol.Family.Id.IntegerValue) && !newSync.ContainsKey(symbol.Family.Id.IntegerValue))
{
SyncProperties sp = new SyncProperties();
sp.SyncType = SyncType.Family;
sp.FamilyID = symbol.Family.Id.IntegerValue;
sp.FamilyName = symbol.Family.Name;
newSync.Add(sp.FamilyID, sp);
}
}
}
}
else if (enumCategory == BuiltInCategory.OST_Views || enumCategory == BuiltInCategory.OST_Sheets)
{
collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc);
List <ViewFamilyType> viewTypeElements = collector.OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType)).Cast <ViewFamilyType>().ToList();
foreach (ViewFamilyType viewType in viewTypeElements)
{
string viewFamily = viewType.ViewFamily.ToString();
if (excludeViewFamily.Contains(viewFamily))
{
continue;
}
if (!symbolsToExclude.Contains(viewType.Id))
{
symbolsToExclude.Add(viewType.Id);
}
}
}
else
{
deleted.Add(id);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to upadte categoires for auto-synchronization: \n" + ex.Message);
}
}
public void ReadSyncData()
{
try
{
Recordset recordset;
recordset = daoDB.OpenTable("UI_AutoSyncOptions");
if (recordset.RecordCount > 0)
{
while (!recordset.EOF)
{
SyncProperties sp = new SyncProperties();
string syncType = recordset.Fields["SyncType"].Value;
switch (syncType)
{
case "Category":
sp.SyncType = SyncType.Category;
sp.CategoryID = int.Parse(recordset.Fields["CategoryID"].Value);
sp.CategoryName = recordset.Fields["CategoryName"].Value;
syncDictionary.Add(sp.CategoryID, sp);
break;
case "Family":
sp.SyncType = SyncType.Family;
sp.FamilyID = int.Parse(recordset.Fields["FamilyID"].Value);
sp.FamilyName = recordset.Fields["FamilyName"].Value;
syncDictionary.Add(sp.FamilyID, sp);
break;
}
recordset.MoveNext();
}
}
recordset.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to Read Data from AutoSyncOptions table: \n" + ex.Message);
CloseDatabase();
}
}