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Access to IEdmTemplate5 during Template Card Control hook

Question asked by Kyle Von Koepping on Aug 29, 2012
Latest reply on Aug 9, 2016 by Mario Zahren

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Hello all,

I'm working on some enhancements to our templates and template cards, and have run into a hopefully simple issue. I have a template card that is used by two different templates, and was wondering if there is a way to get the menu string of the template that was run.

I'm dynamically populating some comboboxes (via EdmCmd_CardInput hook), and it would be helpful to be able to know which IEdmTemplate5 was called in order to make decisions on what to populate a certain combobox with.

Though it would solve my issue, I would like to avoid having to create two separate template cards.

Any insight would be much appreciated!

Kyle

Edit: EPDM 2012 SP2

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Jeff Sweeney Aug 29, 2012 9:15 PM
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That is an interesting question...I don't know if what you are looking for is possible...but why not just use two cards? You can make the second card from the first with a simple "Save As".

On an offshoot of your question. You've figured out how to change the values of a combo box at runtime? Please share!
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- Kyle Von Koepping @ Jeff Sweeney on Aug 30, 2012 1:33 PM
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  Hey Jeff,
  
  To answer your question on how to chage combo box values at runtime, or how I've used it:
  Hook into EdmCmd_CardInput in GetAddInInfo
  
  Get the template card from EdmCmd (for EdmCard_CardInput it's provided at mlObjectID4)
  I've added logic to check that this is a card I'd like to have dynamic controls on. Also, after you get the handle for the card, you can check to see if it's the right card type, too (via IEdmCard6.CardType)
  Ex. if (thiscard.CardType == EdmCardType.EdmCard_Template && thiscard.Name == "CardInQuestion") { ...continue... }
  
  The ID of the control that was accessed (i.e. what's calling the EdmCmd_CardInput hook) and the ID of the variable it's tied to are provided at mlObjectID1 and mlLongData1, respectively
  
  From here, you can do similar logic checks to be sure that this is the control/variable you're looking for
  Ex. if (thisvar.Name == "DesiredVariable") { ...continue... }
  
  You're given a handle to an IEdmEnumeratorVariable5 via EdmCmd.mpoExtra. Use getVar to get the value of the variable the modified control is tied to, then setVar to set another control's variable based on the choice of the first control.
  
  Hope this helps! Let me know if anything in my ramblings isn't clear
  Kyle
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  - Jeff Sweeney @ Kyle Von Koepping on Aug 30, 2012 1:21 PM
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    Ahh...thanks for the response. I thought you figured out a way to change the list presented inside the drop list. I would love to be able to make the selection choices different depending on how the user populates the dialog.
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    - Kyle Von Koepping @ Jeff Sweeney on Aug 30, 2012 1:27 PM
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      Jeff,
      
      That's exactly what I'm doing. When a user chooses a part number in the first combo box, it does a little work and populates the second combo box with choices relevant to that part number.
      
      Kyle
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      - Jeff Sweeney @ Kyle Von Koepping on Aug 30, 2012 1:54 PM
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        I think I am following your pseudocode okay, but I don't see what is changing the list. Which command are you using to change the dropbox listing values?
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        Mario Zahren @ Jeff Sweeney on Aug 9, 2016 8:25 AM
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        Hi,
        I have the same question. How to access the Templatecard to set variable Values?
        Was it answered?
        
        Mario
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- Kyle Von Koepping @ Jeff Sweeney on Aug 30, 2012 11:22 AM
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  Also, it wouldn't be the end of the world to have separate template cards to determine what I need at runtime, to populate the combo box correctly. It would involve remapping ~15 card and template variables to each other, which really isn't that bad at all...
  
  It's more the principle of the matter, and curiousity of if it can be done, rather than avoiding creating two template cards.
  
  Kyle
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