Property ActiveLayer

Namespace

VectorDraw.Professional.vdObjects

Assembly

VectorDraw.Professional.dll

ActiveLayer

Get/Set the active vdLayer of the document.

public vdLayer ActiveLayer { get; set; }

Property Value

vdLayer

Examples

Changes the ActiveLayer and create a new vdLine that reference to this layer.

//create a new vdLayer with name "MyNewLayer" and make it as active.
vdLayer layer = doc.Layers.Add("MyNewLayer");
doc.ActiveLayer = layer;
//create a new line entitity
vdLine line = new vdLine();
//select the document that the line is reference to.
line.SetUnRegisterDocument(doc);
//select the default active properties of the document object for the entity
line.setDocumentDefaults();
Console.WriteLine(line.Layer.Name);//the output will be "MyNewLayer"

Remarks

This property is used when setDocumentDefaults() is called.

Default value:null.

Raizes the OnBeforeModifyObject event and the OnAfterModifyObject event.

Exceptions

InvalidPropertyValueException

When setting to a layer that does not exist in the Layers collection or EnableActiveLayerFrozen is false and setting to a layer that is Frozen.