currentEditObject Property (AnnAutomation)

Summary

Gets the current AnnObject being edited.

Syntax

JavaScript Syntax

Object.defineProperty(AnnAutomation.prototype, 'currentEditObject', 
	get: function() 
)

TypeScript Syntax

currentEditObject: AnnObject; // read-only

Property Value

The current AnnObject being edited; null if no objects are currently being edited.

Remarks

The current object being edited is the AnnObject currently "selected" where its AnnEditDesigner is currently active.

This is the object that will be processed when calling any of the object processing methods of this AnnAutomation.

You can change the CurrentEditObject by calling SelectObject or SelectObjects.

Example

The following example changes the stroke of the object that is currently being edited to a red stroke that has a length of 2.

JavaScript Example

example: function SiteLibrary_DefaultPage$example() { 
   // check if an object is currently "selected" 
   var currentEditObject = this._automation.get_currentEditObject(); 
   if (currentEditObject != null) 
   { 
      // check if this object supports a stroke 
      if (currentEditObject.get_supportsStroke()) 
      { 
         // change its stroke 
         this._automation.beginUndo(); 
         currentEditObject.set_stroke(lt.Annotations.Core.AnnStroke.create( 
            lt.Annotations.Core.AnnSolidColorBrush.create("blue"), 
            lt.LeadLengthD.create(2))); 
         this._automation.endUndo(); 
         this._automation.invalidate(lt.LeadRectD.get_empty()); 
      } else { 
         alert("This object does not support stroke, select another object"); 
      } 
   } else { 
      alert("Select an object first"); 
   } 
},