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A better understanding of hilight objects

psill000

A better understanding of hilight objects

I understand how to create a hilight set and a hilight draw object
The problem I am having is when I want to draw another hilite set the first one disappears.
How do I switch to other hilight sets and keep the other hilight sets
Delete specific hilight set or delete hilight objects of a hilight set.

Some of my work in progress scripts to show my methodology or process ( some of the scripts may reference others that are not shown )
What I am looking for or inquiring about is a better understanding of the process of hilight sets and objects.
What am I missing from the scripts to draw multiple hilight sets?

procedure(stdLib_hilightMarker(shp xy mag)
let(    (mkrShpPts trans
        (hLpp '("hilite" "drawing4"))
        (hlSet  geGetCurrentWindowHilightSet(hiGetCurrentWindow()))
        )
if(null(boundp('hlSet)) || null(geIsValidHilightSet(hlSet)); || getWarn()
        stdLib_hiliteLpp(hLpp))

mkrShpPts       = stdLib_markerShape(shp)
trans           = list( list(xCoord(xy) yCoord(xy)) "R0" mag)
mkrShpPts       = stdLib_transPts(mkrShpPts trans)

if(hlSet && mkrShpPts geAddHilightLine(hlSet mkrShpPts))
); end of let
); end of stdLib_hilightMarker

procedure(stdLib_hiliteLpp(lpp)
let(    (hlSet)
        stdLib_SetValid(lpp)
        hlSet = geCreateWindowHilightSet(hiGetCurrentWindow() lpp t)
        gePushHilightStack(hlSet)
        hlSet~>enable = t
        geDrawHilightSet(geGetEditCellViewWindow(geGetEditCellView()) hlSet)
hlSet
); end of let
); end of stdLib_hiliteLpp

procedure(stdLib_deleteHiliteSet()
        when(geGetCurrentWindowHilightSet(getCurrentWindow())
        ;geDeleteHilightSet(hlSet))
        geDeleteAllWindowHilightSet(hiGetCurrentWindow()))
        )

Paul

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Paul,

    I think your issue is because you're relying on using the current hilight set for the window. There's no reason why you can't have multiple hilight sets working independently - you just have to store them somewhere to retrieve them.

    I often do it by storing them as a property on the window - so:

    hiGetCurrentWindow()->mySet1=hlSet1
    hiGetCurrentWindow()->mySet1=hlSet2

    then you can retrieve them later. You can then enable/disable them as you see fit, delete them, recreate them - do whatever you want.

    Does that help?

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Paul,

    I think your issue is because you're relying on using the current hilight set for the window. There's no reason why you can't have multiple hilight sets working independently - you just have to store them somewhere to retrieve them.

    I often do it by storing them as a property on the window - so:

    hiGetCurrentWindow()->mySet1=hlSet1
    hiGetCurrentWindow()->mySet1=hlSet2

    then you can retrieve them later. You can then enable/disable them as you see fit, delete them, recreate them - do whatever you want.

    Does that help?

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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