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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;
}
}
}
}