Overriding Form Editor Draw Event SOLVED

[Lambchop]

The title is a little misleading and I am sure that it has been answered somewhere previously in this forum. What I am trying to do is:
Goal: Popup a "required" window with specific properties the user must enter whenever they are adding a form editor field. Regardless if it is a textbox, drop down, list, or radio editor, I need it to draw the control and then immediately pull up a form (where I set a lot of other properties).
Problem: I cannot figure out how to trap the after editor draw event so that I can set the additional properties on the editor control or if the user cancel outs then I delete or "cancel" the editor control object that was just drawn.

I am getting stuck on how to trap the after editor draw event. Please advise when you get the chance!
Best Wishes
-Eric

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

If I understand you correctly - you may try to use the CustomTool.PagesMarkupTool.OnMouseUp method to catch the moment when user released the left mouse button and finished creation of new rectangle-region of selection...

[Lambchop]

So I need to create my own custom tools for every one of the form editors just to trap the OnMouseUp event? Are you sure there is no event triggered after a form editor (like a text box) is added to a layer?

If I have to write my own custom tool to replace every one of the tracker form editor tools just to trap the OnMouseUp event then I have to override the PDX menus too and it becomes a cascade of coding headaches just so that I can trap the OnMouseUp event. I sure hope I am misunderstanding your recommendation. Can you confirm when you get chance? -Eric

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

Another option - you may intercept the "e.formFields.inserted", like:

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int e_formField = pxvInst.Str2ID("e.formFields.inserted");

OnEvent(eventID,  event)
{
      if (eventID == e_formField)
      {
           IPXV_FormFieldsList fieldsList = (IPXV_FormFieldsList)e.pFrom;
           foreach (IPXC_FormField field : fieldsList)
           {
                 PXC_FormFieldType type = field.Type; // FFT_Text, FFT_ComboBox, ...
                 uint wc = field.WidgetsCount; // ==1 typically
                 for (uint i = 0; i < wc; i++)
                 {
                       IPXC_Annotation widget = field.Widget(i);
                       widget.PageIndex;
                       widget.Rect; // rect on page, in page's coord. system
                       IPXC_AnnotData_Widget adw = (IPXC_AnnotData_Widget)widget.Data;
                       ... 
                 }
           }
      }
}

[Lambchop]

Vasyl - Thank you!! Can you please look at the attached project and tell me why the OnEvent handler is not firing? What is getting instantiated in the FullDemo that I am missing ... this does not make any sense as this should be super simple.

XChangeTesting.zip

XChangeTestingCSharp.zip

[Lambchop]

To be more specifically clear ... the OnEvent does NOT fire simply by adding the control and its associated OnEvent method. Why?

[zarkogajic]

Hi,

Take a look at: https://sdkhelp.pdf-xchange.com/view/PXV:IPXV_Control_EnableEventListening

And check how it is implemented in FullDemo.

-žarko

[Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team]

Thank you, Zarko!