Multiline Style

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A Multiline Style defines the appearance of a multiline entities. When you create a new drawing it already has the "Standard" multiline style by default. New multiline entities are added to a drawing using the current multiline style.

These are the functions used to manage multiline styles in a drawing:

Function	Meaning
lcDrwAddMlineStyle	Adds a new multiline style into a drawing
lcDrwDeleteObject	Deletes an object from a drawing
lcDrwCountObjects	Counts a number of objects, by type
lcDrwSortObjects	Sorts objects by LC_PROP_TABLE_PRIORITY
lcDrwGetFirstObject lcDrwGetNextObject	Used to sequentially retrieve all objects
lcDrwGetObjectByName	Retrieves an object by its name
lcDrwGetObjectByID lcDrwGetObjectByIDH	Retrieves object by its identifier

Text style object has the following properties:

Property	Type	Access	Meaning
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_ID	int string	R	Unique Identifier Hexadecimal string (up to 16 characters)
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_NAME	string	RW	Multiline style name
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_DESCR	string	RW	Multiline style description
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_STANDARD	bool	R	"Standard" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_DRW	handle	R	Handle to owner drawing
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_JOINTS	bool	RW	"Display joints" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_STARTLINE	bool	RW	"Display start line" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_STARTARC	bool	RW	"Display start arc" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_ENDLINE	bool	RW	"Display end line" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_ENDARC	bool	RW	"Display end arc" flag
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_NLINES	int	R	Number of lines
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_ILINE	int	RW	Index of current line
For current line
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_OFFSET	float	RW	Line offset
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_LTYPE	handle	RW	Line linetype handle
LC_PROP_MLSTYLE_COLOR	string	RW	Line color

These are the functions you can use with a multiline style object:

Function	Meaning
lcMLStyleAddLine	Adds a line definition
lcMLStyleDelLine	Deletes a line definition
lcMLStyleSortLines	Sort lines by offset

See also

  Named objects