topic Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check in Archicad C++ API

Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:34:14 GMT

I am currently encountering an issue where the icon of a checkbox defined via GRC as "IconPushCheck" dissapears when the checkbox is checked via using DGSetItemValLong or DGSetCheckBoxState.
Is there a way around this?

Also why is the DGSetItemImageId function absent from the DG module in the current API? Am I missing something?

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:04:58 GMT

Can anyone help me here? Am I missing something, is this the wrong board for issues like these?

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Ralph Wessel — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:20:35 GMT

Not sure why that's happening. We're using DGSetItemValLong on an IconPushCheck item without problems. Which version of ARCHICAD are you working with?

I think DGSetItemImageId disappeared after AC17. Use DGSetItemImage instead.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:15:31 GMT

Hi, I'm using Archicad 21 (3005 USA FULL).

Aside from that there's nothing fancy in the resources at all. Basically just a couple of checkbox push buttons and regular push buttons in a pallete. I took a look at DGSetItemImage but wasn't able to get it to work, DGSetItemImageId would've been perfect for what I am trying to do.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Ralph Wessel — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:18:36 GMT

Make sure none of your resources are overlapping – that can sometimes cause disappearances. Otherwise, not sure what to suggest.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:34:22 GMT

The elements are not overlapping and even setting the enabled/disabled state on the IconPushCheck buttons causes this behaviour. Oddly the icons also dissappear when the "noFrame" option is set for any IconButton.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:03:14 GMT

Regarding the DGSetItemImage function btw. I am unable to get it to work because after including "DGUtility.hpp", which contains the definition of the Image class, an error pops up indicating that another .hpp is missing "NativeImage.hpp". This .hpp is missing even if I include each and every .lib present in the API DevKit.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:02:54 GMT

Okay, I found what causes the missing/disappearing icons. For anyone else running into this: "Don't use shared image resources for your menus and toolbar." After creating duplicates for the resource entries in the grc it miraculously started to work like a charm.

The other issue with the DGSetImage method still stands though but I'll close this thread either way.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Ralph Wessel — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:23:58 GMT

NativeImage.hpp can be found in Support/Modules/Graphix. Specify that as a search path in your project and add

#include "NativeImage.hpp"

to your code.

Re: Checkbox push button icon dissapears on check

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:35:14 GMT

Ralph wrote:
NativeImage.hpp can be found in Support/Modules/Graphix. Specify that as a search path in your project and add
#include "NativeImage.hpp"
to your code.

Aaaaah, got it, Thanks a lot!