//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//STEP 1
//THIS METHOD TAKES INPUTS FROM UserInput FORM.
//DETERMINES IF CURRENT PROJECT IS NWF (LIVE) OR IF NWD (SNAPSHOT)
public static void GetSystemProperties(string displayName, string classType)
{
ReturnProp.Clear();
CurrCategories.Clear();
ReturnCategories.Clear();
catDuplicate.Clear();
ModelItem Root = null;
//CHECK IF FILE IS NWF
foreach (Model model in DocModel)
{
if (model.RootItem.DisplayName == displayName)
{
Root = model.RootItem as ModelItem;
ClassTypeCheck(Root, classType);
break;
}
}
//ENTERS IF FILE IS NWD (GO NEXT LEVEL TO SEARCH FOR MODEL FILES)
if (Root == null)
{
foreach (Model model in DocModel)
{
ModelItem root = model.RootItem as ModelItem;
foreach (ModelItem item in root.Children)
{
if (item.DisplayName == displayName)
{
ClassTypeCheck(item, classType);
}
}
}
}
}
//STEP 2
//ROUTED HERE FROM UserInput FORM AFTER USER SELECTS CATEGORY TYPE TO ACCESS ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES
//SELECTED CATEGORY IS PASSED AS CatNameSelected
public static void GetCatProperties(string CatNameSelected)
{
//CYCLES THROUGH CATEGORY OF CLASS PropertyCategory
//TO FIND MATCH THAT USER SELECTED OF TYPE STRING
foreach (PropertyCategory category in CurrCategories)
{
if (category.DisplayName == CatNameSelected)
{
//WHEN MATCH FOUND TAKES category OF CLASS PropertyCategory
//TO RETRIEVE AVAILABLE Properties
foreach (DataProperty oDP in category.Properties)
{
//STORES IN ReturnProp TO BE DISPLAYED IN UserInput FORM IN Prop_ListView
ReturnProp.Add(new Property
{
PropName = oDP.DisplayName,
//ISSUES WITH ToDisplayString() IN AUTODESK API. Using Substring() and IndexOf() METHODS
//TO REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS IN STRING
ValEx = oDP.Value.ToString().Substring(oDP.Value.ToString().IndexOf(':') + 1)
});
}
}
}
}
