FeatureMgr in VB.NET

Thanks Jeff. This helped me a to put my step ahead.

...you will need to use the CreateObjectInMicroStation method on the MicroStation application object to ensure that your XFT objects are created in the MicroStation's address space. The CreateObjectInMicroStation method is useful for an out-of-proc program that needs to create objects from a COM server that must run in MicroStation's address space.

Following is a simple VB.NET code example which uses CreateObjectInMicroStation to create XFT objects as previously described.

Imports DGN = Bentley.Interop.MicroStationDGN
Imports XFT = Bentley.Interop.Xft

Public Class Form1

    Friend m_xftCmdMgr As XFT.CmdMgr
    Friend m_xftFeatureMgr As XFT.FeatureMgr
    Friend m_xftFeatureEnumerator As XFT.FeatureEnumerator
    Friend m_xftDialogMgr As XFT.DialogMgr
    Friend m_xftPropMgr As XFT.PropMgr
    Friend m_MSApp As DGN.Application
    Friend m_ActiveFile As DGN.DesignFile
    Friend m_CurrentModel As DGN.ModelReference

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        test()

    End Sub

    Friend Sub xft_initialize(ByVal msapp As DGN.Application)

        m_MSApp = msapp

        m_xftFeatureMgr = CType(m_MSApp.CreateObjectInMicroStation("xft.FeatureMgr"), XFT.FeatureMgr)
        m_xftFeatureEnumerator = CType(m_MSApp.CreateObjectInMicroStation("xft.FeatureEnumerator"), XFT.FeatureEnumerator)
        m_xftCmdMgr = CType(m_MSApp.CreateObjectInMicroStation("xft.CmdMgr"), XFT.CmdMgr)
        m_xftPropMgr = CType(m_MSApp.CreateObjectInMicroStation("xft.PropMgr"), XFT.PropMgr)
        m_xftDialogMgr = CType(m_MSApp.CreateObjectInMicroStation("xft.DialogMgr"), XFT.DialogMgr)

    End Sub

    Sub test()

        Dim oMSApp As Bentley.Interop.MicroStationDGN.Application
        Dim oMSAppConnector As Bentley.Interop.MicroStationDGN.ApplicationObjectConnector

        ' Create our MicroStation application object.
        oMSAppConnector = GetObject(, "MicroStationDGN.ApplicationObjectConnector")

        oMSApp = oMSAppConnector.Application

        ' Initialize our global XFT objects in the MicroStation process.
        xft_initialize(oMSApp)

        ' Display the currently active design file.
        MsgBox(oMSApp.ActiveDesignFile.Name)

        ' Create an XFT feature enumerator.
        m_xftFeatureEnumerator = m_xftFeatureMgr.GetFeaturesInDgnList(oMSApp.ActiveDesignFile)

        Dim oFeature As XFT.feature
        Dim sPropertyList As String
        Dim oProperty As XFT.Property

        ' Loop through our feature enumerator and create string that contains the property names and values.
        Do While m_xftFeatureEnumerator.MoveNext
            oFeature = m_xftFeatureEnumerator.Current
            Dim oProperties As XFT.PropertyEnumerator = oFeature.GetPropertyEnumerator
            sPropertyList = "Property Values: "
            Do While oProperties.MoveNext
                oProperty = oProperties.Current
                sPropertyList += " " + oProperty.Name + " = " + oProperty.value
            Loop

            ' Display the property names and values.
            MessageBox.Show(sPropertyList)
        Loop

    End Sub

End Class

This is what I'm doing in Vb.NET

Public Class Form1

   Dim MSApp As Application

   Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

       Dim app As MicroStationDGN.ApplicationObjectConnector

       Try

           app = GetObject(, "MicroStationDGN.ApplicationObjectConnector")

           MSApp = app.Application

           MsgBox("Connected")

       Catch ex As Exception

           MsgBox("Open Power Map" & vbCrLf & ex.Message)

       End Try

   End Sub

   Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click

       Dim el As Element

       With MSApp.ActiveModelReference

           el = .GetElementByID64(txt.Text)

           If el IsNot Nothing Then

               Dim Mgr As New XFT.FeatureMgr         ' Error Happens here

               Dim ft As feature

               ft = Mgr.CreateFeature(el)

           Else

               MsgBox("Element Not Found")

           End If

       End With

   End Sub

End Class

1. The Bentley Map is loaded and I've referenced the file Interop.xft.dll

But I get the following error on the line

Dim s as new xft.FeatureMgr

 Retrieving the COM class factory for component failed due to the following error: 8007007e.

You need to have Bentley Map loaded and to reference the assemblies in the /Mpa/Bin/assemblies folder to your project.. The feature manager is in the Bentley.Interop.XFT assembly.