ISelectionManager Interface

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Allows access to a selected entity.

# Syntax

Visual Basic |
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    Public Interface ISelectionManager

C# |
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    public interface ISelectionManager

JavaScript |
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    Object dsSelectionManager

COM native C++ |
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    interface ISelectionManager

C++ |
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    class dsSelectionManager

# Example

This code snippet shows how to write the names, captions, and values of the selected objects to a file.

#### COM native C++

long selCount = dsSelManager->GetSelectedObjectCount( dsSelectionSetType_Current );
strPrint.Format( L"Selected objects: (%d):\r\n", selCount );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );

if( selCount > 0 )
{
for( long i = 0; i < selCount; ++i )
{
//Get selected object type
dsObjectType_e retObjType;
IDispatchPtr selObj = dsSelManager->GetSelectedObject( dsSelectionSetType_Current, i, &retObjType );

//If selected object is Block instance
if( dsBlockInstanceType == retObjType )
{
IBlockInstancePtr blkIns( selObj );
//Get Block definition name and write it to output file
bstr_t blockName = blkIns->GetBlockDefinition()->GetName();
strPrint.Format( L"Instance of (%s) block definition\r\n", blockName.operator const wchar_t*() );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );
}
else
//If selected object is BlockAttribute definition
if( dsAttributeDefinitionType == retObjType )
{
IAttributeDefinitionPtr AttDefs( selObj );

//Get BlockAttribute definition name
bstr_t AttDefName = AttDefs->GetName();

strPrint.Format( L"Attribute definition (%s) \r\n", AttDefName.operator const wchar_t*() );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );

//Get BlockAttribute definition caption
bstr_t AttDefCaption = AttDefs->GetCaption();

strPrint.Format( L"\tCaption: %s\r\n", AttDefCaption.operator const wchar_t*() );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );

strPrint.Format( L"\tName: %s\r\n", AttDefName.operator const wchar_t*() );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );
//Get BlockAttribute definition value
bstr_t AttDefValue = AttDefs->GetValue();

strPrint.Format( L"\tValue: %s\r\n", AttDefValue.operator const wchar_t*() );
fileOutput.WriteString( strPrint );
}

# Example

Insert SimpleNote (C#)
Insert SimpleNote (VB.NET)
Insert SimpleNote (VBA)
Insert Hatch (JavaScript)

# Accessors

IDocument::GetSelectionManager

# Object Model

SelectionManager

# See Also

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ISelectionManager Members
Interop.dsAutomation Namespace
ISelectionManager Event SelectionChangedNotify
ISelectionManager Event SelectionPreNotifyEventHandler Delegate