Drawing polyLines

[Anonymous]

I'm getting the error APIERR_REFUSEDCMD (-2130312312) when I try to create a polyline. The code below is much simplified and with extra comments...Am I missing something?

void	DrawPoly(void){
	API_ElementMemo		memo;
	API_ElementMemo*	pMemo = &memo;
	API_Element			newPoly;
	API_Element*		pNewPoly = &newPoly;
	GSErrCode			err;

	BNZeroMemory(pNewPoly,sizeof(API_Element));
	BNZeroMemory(pMemo,sizeof(API_ElementMemo));

	pNewPoly->header.typeID = API_PolyLineID;
	pNewPoly->header.layer = 1;
	pNewPoly->header.floorInd = 1;

	pNewPoly->polyLine.poly.nArcs = 0;     //no arcs
	pNewPoly->polyLine.poly.nSubPolys = 1; //no holes
	pNewPoly->polyLine.poly.nCoords = 4;   //a closed triangle

	//allocate space for 3points + final point to close shape + space for storing max vertID = 5
	pMemo->vertexIDs = (unsigned long **) BMAllocateHandle(sizeof(long) * (5), ALLOCATE_CLEAR, 0);
	(*pMemo->vertexIDs)[0] = 3; //max vertexID

	//allocate space for pends. no holes, so the 4th vert is the only endpoint.
	pMemo->pends = (long **) BMAllocateHandle(sizeof(long) * 2, ALLOCATE_CLEAR, 0);
	(*pMemo->pends)[0] = 0; //required
	(*pMemo->pends)[1] = 4; //4th vert closes the shape

	//allocate space for the coord array. 4 vertices + the dummy coord.
	pMemo->coords = (API_Coord **) BMAllocateHandle(sizeof(API_Coord) * 5, ALLOCATE_CLEAR, 0);
	(*pMemo->coords)[0].x = -1.0;  //polylines start with a "dummy" coord of -1,0
	(*pMemo->coords)[0].y = 0.0;
	//setup complete....add vertices.

	//1st point: 1,1
	(*pMemo->coords)[1].x = 1;
	(*pMemo->coords)[1].y = 1;
	(*pMemo->vertexIDs)[1] = 1;

	//2nd point: 2,1
	(*pMemo->coords)[2].x = 2;
	(*pMemo->coords)[2].y = 1;
	(*pMemo->vertexIDs)[2] = 2;

	//3rd point: 1,2
	(*pMemo->coords)[3].x = 1;
	(*pMemo->coords)[3].y = 2;
	(*pMemo->vertexIDs)[3] = 3;

	//4th point. Same as point 1.
	(*pMemo->coords)[4].x = 1;
	(*pMemo->coords)[4].y = 1;
	(*pMemo->vertexIDs)[4] = 1;

	err = ACAPI_Element_Create(pNewPoly,pMemo);
	//handle return code...
	ACAPI_DisposeElemMemoHdls(pMemo);
}

[Anonymous]

Found the problem, updating for posterity's sake.

I was searching my computer for other mentions of that error. The function ACAPI_Element_Link mentioned that the error I got is caused (in that case) by not having an undoable session open. I had used the undoable session in a earlier version of my code, but left it out "temporarily" when I rewrote the function..... Apparently I corrected my other problem(s), just needed that undo session.

[Anonymous]

Hi Ramblin,
thank you for your excellent code!
Yours faithfully,
Pal.