[C# or C++]How to change the display style of reference presentation?

Redrum Tan said:

How to change the display style of reference presentation?

Which version (e.g. v10.x.y.z) of MicroStation CONNECT are you using?

Redrum Tan said:

I found mdlRefFile_setIntegerParameters in C++

Prefer to use the C++ class DgnAttachment to the MDL functions.  However, I don't see anything concerning display style in that class.  Perhaps Robert Hook can help?

I'm using 10.08.01.33 OpenRoads Designer CONNECT.

Hi Redrum,

I agree with Jon it's probably not possible. I think even to obtain the display style, defined in Presentation dialog, is not straightforward.

With regards,

  Jan

Well, I think I need to find another way.

Thanks anyway.

Redrum Tan said:

I think I need to find another way

A possible route, but not guaranteed to provide success, is to record a VBA macro.  Sometimes the macro recording will reveal the application variable that was changed when you modify a UI widget.

I tried to record a VBA macro, but found nothing useful. Thanks anyway.

I notice that the reference is created from a named view, so I modify display style of the named view and set reference SynchWithNamedView value to "NamedViewPresentation".And it's worked.

Redrum Tan said:

I notice that the reference is created from a named view, so I modify display style of the named view and set reference SynchWithNamedView value to "NamedViewPresentation"

Thanks for letting us know your solution!

I see that from a named view you can obtain both ViewInfo and ViewPort.  ViewInfo::GetDisplayStyleCP() gets a const pointer to the display style for a view.  I don't see a way to set a view's display style programmatically.

The code to set display style of ViewInfo is following:

        ViewInfoR vInfo = namedV->GetViewInfoR();
        
        //setter of ViewInfo...
        //...

		DynamicViewSettingsR settings = vInfo.GetDynamicViewSettingsR();

        //setter of DynamicViewSettings
        //...
        
		int styleIndex = DisplayStyleManager::GetIndexForDisplayStyle(displayStyleName, ISessionMgr::GetMasterDgnFile());
		settings.SetDisplayStyleIndex(styleIndex);
		
		namedV->SetViewInfo(vInfo);