Which polyline connector

Question

I would highly appreciate if anyone can help on this:

I have been trying to create a custom polyline class inheriting PolyLineConnector. In the documentation, I find three tools:

Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineLinkTool")

Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineTool")

Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineConnectorTool")

I assume that the PolyLineTool is just for drawing, not for linking

However, the other two do not seem working for me. Is there another definition of Polyline connector tool?

Furthermore, how can I define a custom polyline class that can be referenced in the PaletteGB? I tried to extend the orgline custom class to polyline custom class but I encounter errors on points of polyline vertices :

Dim pts() As PointF = {New PointF(100, 5), New PointF(200, 50), New PointF(10, 50), New PointF(150, 200)}

Dim polyline As New clsPolyconnector(pts)

The error points to (pts) saying 1 Dimentional table cant e converted to polyline, etc. In addition, I do not know which PolyLineTool to inherit in the custom polyline connector class

My intention is to add polyline (with custom polyline class) in the PaletteBar and connect two nodes on the diagram sheet, as I do with other connectior types (line, orgline, etc)

Shyam G · Answer

Hi Allen, 
 




I have been trying to create a custom polyline class inheriting PolyLineConnector. In the documentation, I find three tools: 
         Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineLinkTool") 
         Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineTool") 
         Me.Diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolyLineConnectorTool") 
I assume that the PolyLineTool is just for drawing, not for linking 
However, the other two do not seem working for me.  Is there another definition of Polyline connector tool? 
 

Please use polylineLinkTool to achieve your requirement. Also, please specify word line in lowercase for polylineLinkTool as shown in the below code example. 
 
Code example: 
 
diagram1.Controller.ActivateTool("PolylineLinkTool"); 


Furthermore, how can I define a custom polyline class that can be referenced in the PaletteGB? I tried to extend the orgline custom class to polyline custom class but I encounter errors on points of polyline vertices : 
        Dim pts() As PointF = {New PointF(100, 5), New PointF(200, 50), New PointF(10, 50), New PointF(150, 200)} 
        Dim polyline As New clsPolyconnector(pts) 
 
The error points to (pts) saying 1 Dimentional table cant e converted to polyline, etc.  In addition, I do not know which PolyLineTool to inherit in the custom polyline connector class 
 

 
You can create customPolyline by inheriting PolyLineConnector to achieve your requirement. please refer to code example and sample below. 
 
 
Code example: 
 
SymbolPalette palette = new SymbolPalette(); 
palette.Name= "Connectors"; 
CustomPolyline polyline = new CustomPolyline(new PointF[]{ new PointF(100,100), new PointF(200,200), new PointF(300,300)}); 
palette.AppendChild(polyline); 
this.paletteGroupBar2.AddPalette(palette); 
 
sample: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/SizetocontentSample-147323467 
 
 
Regards, 
Shyam G