[V8i MDL] "Move element" keyin

Question

Hi, 
 Having problem figuring out how to send a "move element" keyin from a pushbutton on a dialog. This is the resource definition: DItem_PushButtonRsc PUSHBUTTONID_MoveFlag = { NOT_DEFAULT_BUTTON, NOHELP, MHELP, NOHOOK, NOARG, CMD_MOVE , MCMD, "element", "~Move" }; 
 It does not appear there is a 1:1 map from cmdlist.h to keyin commands. Thanks for the help! v08.11.09.908, VS2005

Yongan.Fu · Answer

Move Element command is not defined in cmdlist.r.h. It has been separated in MDL application TRANSFRM. So we can implement your requirement like this: 
 DItem_PushButtonRsc PUSHBUTTONID_DialogDemo1 =
 {
 NOT_DEFAULT_BUTTON, NOHELP, LHELPCMD, NOHOOK,
 0, CMD_MDL_KEYIN, MCMD, "Transfrm Move Icon", "~Move"
 };

Robert Hook · Answer

Transfrm.ma is a required application located in the MdlSys\Required folder. 
 Background... Sometime after MicroStation V8's early releases; more and more CMD_ id macros were removed/isolated into respective owning applications though in most cases their new/updated IDs were not published. So, IMHO YongAn's example above is a very nice and concise universal way illustrating how to assign Any MicroStation key-in string behind an MDL dialog UI item as a resource command. Given there are other ways dynamic and XCommand ways to achieve a similar result. 
 Code Snip... The following code snip can be used to identify and reconstruct more command specifics in case you wish to re-use command numbers vs. key-ins in your code. In the simplest form (some additional validation may be needed) you can use this code snip to "click around the interface" to obtain: MdlProcID, MdlTaskID (App Name), CommandNumber, and Key-in text of a filtered input queue item. 
 
 // FUNC: MdlMain

// Set a MicroStation key-in command event monitor
InputCallback::SetCommandFilterFunction(OnCommandFilter);

// FUNC: OnCommandFilter

static CommandFilterReturnValue OnCommandFilter (Inputq_element* iqel)
{
	CommandFilterReturnValue rtc = INPUT_COMMAND_ACCEPT;
	WString ws = L"";
	long lProcID = mdlSystem_getProcessNumberFromMdlDesc(mdlSystem_findMdlDesc(iqel->u.cmd.taskId));
	switch (iqel->hdr.cmdtype)
	{
	case CMDNUM: mdlParse_reconstructFullKeyin(ws,iqel->u.cmd.taskId,iqel->u.cmd.command,iqel->u.cmd.unparsed);	break;
	case KEYIN: ws = iqel->u.keyin.keyin; break;
	default: ws.Sprintf(L"UNKNOWN-cmdtype: %d", iqel->hdr.cmdtype); break;
	}
	WString wsFmt = L"EVENT,OnCommandFilter,[0x%08x],%ls,0x%I64x,%ls";
	Log(ws, wsFmt.GetWCharCP(), lProcID, iqel->u.cmd.taskId, iqel->u.cmd.command, ws);
	return rtc;
} 
 HTH, Bob

[V8i MDL] "Move element" keyin

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