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Get Types of Entities Attached to Selected Annotation Example (C#)

This example shows how to get the types of entities attached to a selected annotation.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Preconditions:
// 1. Open a part with annotations.
// 2. Select an annotation for which you want to get attached entities.
// 3. Open an Immediate window.
//
// Postconditions: Inspect the Immediate window.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
using SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks;
using SolidWorks.Interop.swconst;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace GetAttachedEntities_CSharp.csproj
{
    
partial class SolidWorksMacro
    {

        
public void Main()
        {
            
ModelDoc2 swModel = default(ModelDoc2);
            
SelectionMgr swSelMgr = default(SelectionMgr);
            
Note swSelObj = null;
            
Annotation swAnn = default(Annotation);
            
int[] vAttEntTypeArr = null;
            
object[] vAttEntArr = null;
            
int i = 0;

            swModel = (
ModelDoc2)swApp.ActiveDoc;
            swSelMgr = (
SelectionMgr)swModel.SelectionManager;
            swSelObj = (
Note)swSelMgr.GetSelectedObject6(1, -1);
            swAnn = (
Annotation)swSelObj.GetAnnotation();

            
Debug.Print("Name = " + swAnn.GetName());
            
Debug.Print("  Selection Type as defined in swSelectType_e = " + swSelMgr.GetSelectedObjectType3(1, -1));
            
Debug.Print("  Annotation Type as defined in swAnnotationType_e = " + swAnn.GetType());

            vAttEntArr = (
object[])swAnn.GetAttachedEntities3();
            vAttEntTypeArr = (
int[])swAnn.GetAttachedEntityTypes2();

            
if ((vAttEntTypeArr != null))
            {
                
for (i = 0; i <= vAttEntTypeArr.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
                {
                    
// A dangling annotation has at least one entity of type swSelNOTHING
                    Debug.Print("  Type of attached entity(" + i + ") as defined in swSelectType_e  = " + vAttEntTypeArr[i]);
                }
            }

        }

        
public SldWorks swApp;

    }
}



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