VS:IFC GetEntityProp

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Description

This function gets a value of the selected property of the IFC entity.

FUNCTION IFC_GetEntityProp(
              hObject               : HANDLE;
              inStrPropName         : STRING;
              VAR outStrPropValue   : STRING;
              VAR outTypeSelect     : INTEGER) : BOOLEAN;

def vs.IFC_GetEntityProp(hObject, inStrPropName):
    return (BOOLEAN, outStrPropValue, outTypeSelect)

Parameters

hObject		HANDLE
inStrPropName		STRING
outStrPropValue		STRING
outTypeSelect		INTEGER

Return Value

TRUE on success, FALSE indicates failure – incorrect handle, the object has no IFC data, incorrect name of the property;

Remarks

outTypeSelect – value depends on the property type:

• 1 – identifier,
• 2 – double,
• 3 – boolean,
• 4 – integer,
• 5 – number (same as double),
• 6 – logical,
• 7 – string,
• 8 – enu-meration,
• 9 – select value;

Example

IFC_GetEntityProp(hExtrude, 'PredefinedType', strPropValue, iType);

Version

Availability: 2010