// // (C) Copyright 2003-2016 by Autodesk, Inc. // // Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software in // object code form for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, // provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and // that both that copyright notice and the limited warranty and // restricted rights notice below appear in all supporting // documentation. // // AUTODESK PROVIDES THIS PROGRAM "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS. // AUTODESK SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF // MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. AUTODESK, INC. // DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE // UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. // // Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to // restrictions set forth in FAR 52.227-19 (Commercial Computer // Software - Restricted Rights) and DFAR 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) // (Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software), as applicable. // using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using Autodesk.Revit; using Autodesk.Revit.DB; using Autodesk.Revit.UI; namespace Revit.SDK.Samples.CapitalizeAllTextNotes.CS { /// /// Find all the TextNote instances in the document and change their formatting to 'AllCaps' /// [Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.Transaction(Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.TransactionMode.Manual)] [Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.Regeneration(Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.RegenerationOption.Manual)] public class Command : IExternalCommand { /// /// Implement this method as an external command for Revit. /// /// An object that is passed to the external application /// which contains data related to the command, /// such as the application object and active view. /// A message that can be set by the external application /// which will be displayed if a failure or cancellation is returned by /// the external command. /// A set of elements to which the external application /// can add elements that are to be highlighted in case of failure or cancellation. /// Return the status of the external command. /// A result of Succeeded means that the API external method functioned as expected. /// Cancelled can be used to signify that the user cancelled the external operation /// at some point. Failure should be returned if the application is unable to proceed with /// the operation. public virtual Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData , ref string message, ElementSet elements) { try { Document document = commandData.Application.ActiveUIDocument.Document; // Iterate through the document and find all the TextNote elements FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document); collector.OfClass(typeof(TextNote)); if (collector.GetElementCount() == 0) { message = "The document does not contain TextNote elements"; return Result.Failed; } // Record all TextNotes that are not yet formatted to be 'AllCaps' ElementSet textNotesToUpdate = new Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementSet(); foreach (Element element in collector) { TextNote textNote = (TextNote) element; // Extract the FormattedText from the TextNote FormattedText formattedText = textNote.GetFormattedText(); // If 'GetAllCapsStatus()' returns 'FormatStatus.All' then all the characters in // the text have the 'AllCaps' status. // If there are no characters that have the 'AllCaps' status then 'GetAllCapsStatus()' // will return 'FormatStatus.None'. And if only some of the characters have // the 'AllCaps' status then 'GetAllCapsStatus()' returns 'FormatStatus.Mixed' // // Note that it is also possible to test whether all characters are // bold, italic, underlined, or have superscript or subscript formatting. // See 'GetBoldStatus', 'GetItalicStatus', 'GetUnderlineStatus', // 'GetSuperscriptStatus', and 'GetSubscriptStatus' respectively. // // Note that it is also possible to only test a subset of characters in the FormattedText // This is done by calling these methods with a 'TextRange' that specifies // the range of characters to be tested. if (formattedText.GetAllCapsStatus() != FormatStatus.All) { textNotesToUpdate.Insert(textNote); } } // Check whether we found any TextNotes that need to be formatted if (textNotesToUpdate.IsEmpty) { message = "No TextNote elements needed updating"; return Result.Failed; } // Apply the 'AllCaps' formatting to the TextNotes that still need it. using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(document, "Capitalize All TextNotes")) { transaction.Start(); foreach (TextNote textNote in textNotesToUpdate) { Autodesk.Revit.DB.FormattedText formattedText = textNote.GetFormattedText(); // Apply the 'AllCaps' status to all characters. // Note that there are also methods to apply bold, italic, underline, // superscript and subscript formatting. // And that the formatting can be applied both to the entire text // (as is done here), or to a subset by calling these methods with a 'TextRange' formattedText.SetAllCapsStatus(true); // After making the changes to the Formatted text // it is necessary to apply them to the TextNote element // (or elements) that should get these changes. textNote.SetFormattedText(formattedText); } transaction.Commit(); } return Result.Succeeded; } catch (Exception ex) { message = ex.Message; return Result.Failed; } } } }