Describes the current external symbol your add-on can work on.

    typedef struct {
        GSType            signature;
        short             method;
        short             filler_1;
        Int32             libInd;
        IO::Location      *location;
        API_AddParType    **params;
        Int32             filler_2[6];
    } API_ESYMParams;

 

Members

signature

A four-character identifier of your external symbol type. It’s is the same what you called ACAPI_Install_ESYMHandler with.

method

The type of the requested operation:

ESYM_NEW	Archicad opened a new external symbol for your add-on; the user chose your external symbol type from the New Library Part menu.
ESYM_EDIT	The user has begun editing one of your external symbols.

libInd

The library index of the symbol your add-on was called for.

location

The location of the external symbol your add-on was called for.

params 

Additional parameters of the external symbol.

 

Remarks

The is the parameter of the APIESYMCommandProc callback function, identifying the external symbol you should work on.

 

Requirements

Version: API 4.1 or later

Header: APIdefs_Callback.h

 

See Also

APIESYMCommandProc
API Types