Cadcorp SIS API Methods

GetFeatureFilterBranches Method

Description

Gets the feature codes branching from a parent feature code in a named Feature Filter.

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function GetFeatureFilterBranches( _ ByVal filter As String, _ ByVal fcode As Long _ ) As String

Parameters

filter: The named Feature Filter to query.
fcode: The feature code whose children are to be queried, from 0 to 65535. Use 0 to query the top-level feature codes.

Return Type

A space-separated string of the following format: "nCodes code1 code2 ... codeN". The first item in the returned string is the number of feature codes in the string.

Remarks

Predefined filters are prefixed by their type:

Prefix	Description	Example
Class Filter.	class-based filters	'Class Filter.Area'
Compound Filter.	two filters added together	'Compound Filter.(Default)'
Feature Filter.	filters based on feature codes	'Feature Filter.Land-Line'
Property Filter.	filters based on properties	'Property Filter.Closed'

Available: GEO MM ME MD OD OM OV SISpy

Groups:

Example

sis.FeatureFilterBranches ("Feature Filter.Land-Line", 10102)

Returns a string containing the child feature codes "3 1 4 1006", of the feature code 10102.

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