Set the given category of a default element.

    GSErrCode  ACAPI_Element_SetCategoryValueDefault (
        const API_ElemType&           type,
        const API_ElemCategory&       elemCategory,
        const API_ElemCategoryValue&  elemCategoryValue
    );

 

Parameters

type

[in] Type of the default element.

elemCategory

[in] The category identified by guid or categoryID.

elemCategoryValue

[in] The category value informations to be set.

 

Return Values

NoError

The function has completed with success.

APIERR_BADPARS

elemCategoryValue or elemCategory is incorrect.

APIERR_BADID

Incorrect type was specified.

For other common API errors see the API Errors document.

 

Remarks

This function is used to set category information for a default element. For available category types see API_ElemCategoryID.

To get the list of category values in a given category use APIDb_GetElementCategoryValuesID.

From version 26 the typeID and variationID parameters were merged into a single API_ElemType parameter.

 

Example

    GS::Array<API_ElemCategory> categoryList;
    ACAPI_Database (APIDb_GetElementCategoriesID, &categoryList);

    categoryList.Enumerate ([&] (const API_ElemCategory& category) {
        if (category.categoryID == API_ElemCategory_StructuralFunction || category.categoryID == API_ElemCategory_Position || category.categoryID == API_ElemCategory_ElementClassification) {
            GS::Array<API_ElemCategoryValue> categoryValueList;
            ACAPI_Database (APIDb_GetElementCategoryValuesID, (void*) &category, &categoryValueList);
            if (!categoryValueList.IsEmpty ()) {
                if (changeDefaults) {
                    err = ACAPI_Element_SetCategoryValueDefault (element.header.type, category, categoryValueList[categoryValueList.GetSize () - 1]);
                    if (err != NoError)
                        ErrorBeep ("ACAPI_Element_SetCategoryValueDefault ()", err);
                } else {
                    err = ACAPI_Element_SetCategoryValue (element.header.guid, category, categoryValueList[0]);
                    if (err != NoError)
                        ErrorBeep ("ACAPI_Element_SetCategoryValue ()", err);
                }
            }
        }
    });

 

Requirements

Version: API 19 or later

Header: ACAPinc.h

See Also

API_ElemTypeID, API_ElemCategoryID, API_ElemCategory, API_ElemCategoryValue,
APIDb_GetElementCategoryValuesID,
Element Manager, API Functions