Topic: What is the Database.XrefComandeered event?

[autocart]

What is the Database.XrefComandeered event?

Maybe I don't speak English well enough (not a native speaker), or do I really not know Autocad enough? Anyway, I can't figure out what the Database.XrefComandeered event should be.

Can somebody please explain it to me? Thx!

[Kerry]

From the arxmgd.chm help

The event indicates that an object is commandeered, meaning that the objectId of the object is appended to the host drawing's (the drawing being XREFd into) symbol table

Regards

[Kerry]

... also, the ObjectARX SDK has a sample file worth looking at
.. :\ObjectARX 2012\samples\dotNet\EventsWatcher\DatabaseEvents.cs

Regards

[kaefer]

From the arxmgd.chm help

The event indicates that an object is commandeered, meaning that the objectId of the object is appended to the host drawing's (the drawing being XREFd into) symbol table

What's more, from the arxref.chm help

For example, if a drawing named XREF contains a block named BLK1, then rather than move the entire block into the host drawing, the host drawing's block table simply appends the object ID of BLK1 to its symbol table and changes the new entry's name to "XREF|BLK1".

I still can't imagine how this is supposed to happen. The typical sequence of Database events when attaching Xrefs would be Database Constructed, followed by Begin Attached; and that's that, as evidenced by MgdDbgEvents.

Regards

[autocart]

What's more, from the arxref.chm help

For example, if a drawing named XREF contains a block named BLK1, then rather than move the entire block into the host drawing, the host drawing's block table simply appends the object ID of BLK1 to its symbol table and changes the new entry's name to "XREF|BLK1".

Thanks, kaefer, that helped me to understand it better now.
Also thx to you, Kerry, for your effort.

Regards, Stephan

[autocart]

So, just for the record: Is the event triggered before or after the commandeering took place.