Scripting: OnBeginSelectionChange (GridData)

OnBeginSelectionChange (GridData)

OnBeginSelectionChange (GridData)

Description

Fired before applying a selection change to a grid widget associated with a grid data parameter. The callback can prevent the selection change with a return value.

Applies To

GridData parameters on Custom Properties implemented in a scripting language.

Syntax

function <property_name>_<parameter_name>_OnBeginSelectionChange()
{
...
}

def <property_name>_<parameter_name>_OnBeginSelectionChange():
                                ...

Function <property_name>_<parameter_name>_OnBeginSelectionChange()
                                ...
End Function

sub <property_name>_<parameter_name>_OnBeginSelectionChange 
{ 
        ... 
}

<property_name> is the name specified in the call to PluginRegistrar.RegisterProperty, with any spaces converted to underscores. For example, if you register a property with the name "My Property", the callback function names start with "My_Property".

<parameter_name> is the name specified in the call to CustomProperty.AddGridParameter, with any spaces converted to underscores. For example, if you added a grid parameter with the name "My Grid", the callback function names start with "<property_name>_My_Grid".

Parameters

Parameter	Language	Type	Description
extra_param	Scripting	Array	The first item is another Array containing the column and row indices of the selected cells. Indices are arranged as [col1, row1, col2, row2, ...].

Examples

import win32com.client
from win32com.client import constants

def XSILoadPlugin( in_reg ):
        in_reg.Author = "Autodesk"
        in_reg.Name = "MyPropertyPlugin"
        in_reg.Major = 1
        in_reg.Minor = 0

        in_reg.RegisterProperty("MyProperty")
        #RegistrationInsertionPoint - do not remove this line

        return True

def XSIUnloadPlugin( in_reg ):
        strPluginName = in_reg.Name
        return True

def MyProperty_Define( in_ctxt ):
        oCustomProperty = in_ctxt.Source
        oCustomProperty.AddGridParameter("MyGrid")
        return True

def MyProperty_DefineLayout( in_ctxt ):
        oLayout = in_ctxt.Source
        oLayout.Clear()
        oItem = oLayout.AddItem("MyGrid")
        return True

def MyProperty_OnInit( ):
        Application.LogMessage("MyProperty_OnInit called",constants.siVerbose)
        param = PPG.MyGrid

        # Basic population of the grid data
        gridData = param.Value
        gridData.ColumnCount = 3
        gridData.RowCount = 3
        
        for col in range( gridData.ColumnCount ):
                gridData.SetColumnLabel( col, "Col %d"%col )
                gridData.SetColumnDef( col, constants.siColumnStandard )
                for row in range( gridData.RowCount ):
                        if col == 0:
                                gridData.SetRowLabel( row, "Row %d"%row )
                        gridData.SetCell( col, row, "%d,%d"%(col, row) )

def MyProperty_OnClosed( ):
        pass

def MyProperty_MyGrid_OnBeginSelectionChange( in_ExtraParams ):
        param = PPG.MyGrid
        gridData = param.Value
        
        # Retrieve the set of cells that are about to get selected
        columnRowPairs = []
        columnRowPairs.extend( in_ExtraParams[0] )
        
        returnArray = []
        while len( columnRowPairs ) >= 2:
                col = columnRowPairs.pop(0)
                row = columnRowPairs.pop(0)
                
                # For the sake of the example, we demonstrate returning a single accept flag
                # and a per-cell flag
                if col == 2:
                        # As soon as the selection affects the last column, we reject the
                        # whole selection change
                        return False
                
                if row == 1:
                        # Do not allow selection of row 1
                        returnArray.append( False )
                else:
                        returnArray.append( True )
        
        return returnArray

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