topic How to create folder in View Map using ArchiCAD API? in Archicad C++ API

How to create folder in View Map using ArchiCAD API?

Tran Thanh Lo — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:38:35 GMT

Hello everyone,

Do you know how to create a folder in View Map ( like the picture below) in ArchiCAD API C++?

Can you help me do it?

Thanks in advance

Re: How to create folder in View Map using ArchiCAD API?

Akos Somorjai — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:53:36 GMT

Hello there,

Please use the partly misleading `ACAPI_Navigator_NewNavigatorView()` function to set the first parameter's `itemType` to `API_FolderNavItem`. In this case, the second parameter (`navigatorView`) is ignored.

Best, Akos

Re: How to create folder in View Map using ArchiCAD API?

Tran Thanh Lo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:55:12 GMT

Hi @Akos Somorjai ,

Thank you very much. I followed your advice and it worked.

But now can you help me with this?
I have created a folder and also created a view, now I want that view to be in the folder created above.
I do like this but it doesn't work properly. Can you look at it and tell me where I'm wrong.

Code here:

//Create Folder API_NavigatorItem folderItem; BNZeroMemory(&folderItem, sizeof(API_NavigatorItem)); folderItem.itemType = API_FolderNavItem; folderItem.mapId = API_PublicViewMap; GS::ucscpy(folderItem.uName, viewName.ToUStr()); ACAPI_Navigator(APINavigator_NewNavigatorViewID, &folderItem, NULL, NULL); GS::Guid parentAndChild[2]; parentAndChild[0] = APIGuid2GSGuid(folderItem.guid);// Folder guid parentAndChild[1] = APIGuid2GSGuid(APINULLGuid); API_NavigatorItem saveItem; BNZeroMemory(&saveItem, sizeof(API_NavigatorItem)); saveItem.itemType = API_StoryNavItem; saveItem.mapId = API_PublicViewMap; saveItem.floorNum = story.Id; GS::ucscpy(saveItem.uName, viewName.ToUStr()); saveItem.customName = true; API_NavigatorView saveView; BNZeroMemory(&saveView, sizeof(API_NavigatorView)); ACAPI_Navigator(APINavigator_NewNavigatorViewID, &saveItem, &saveView, parentAndChild);//saveItem

Re: How to create folder in View Map using ArchiCAD API?

Tran Thanh Lo — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:07:42 GMT

Hi @Akos Somorjai ,

Can you help me, please?