Issue :
I have a pickfirst set and I’d like to make a copy of the whole selection set, instead of going through the selection with a for-loop and calling acedCommand (RTSTR, “copy”,..) on each entity within the selection set. Is there a way to call acedCommand (RTSTR, “copy”,..) just once to copy the whole set, just like what AutoCAD appears to do?
Solution :
You can use a selection set by adding RTPICKS and the selection set in acedCommand:
// Since we will use the pickfirst selection set,
// the command must be defined with ACRX_CMD_USEPICKSET flag
static void AdskArxProject1_CopyPF(void)
{
ads_name ss;
acedSSGet(_T("_I"),NULL,NULL,NULL,ss);
acedCommand(
RTSTR,
_T("_copy"),
RTPICKS,
ss,
RTSTR,
_T(""),
RTNONE
);
acedSSFree(ss);
}
Since the command uses the pickfirst selection set, ensure that the command is defined with the ACRX_CMD_USEPICKSET flag
Also, in AutoCAD the pickfirst selection must be enabled, which means that the PICKFIRST variable must be one.
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