CustomEventArgs Object

Derived from: EventArgs Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/Application/CustomEventArgs.h>

Description

The ApplicationEventArgs provides information associated with an application event. Note that some properties are not available on every event

Methods

Name Description
classType Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().

Properties

Name Description
additionalInfo Information being passed to the add-in in the primary thread from the worker thread or other add-in.
firingEvent The event that the firing is in response to.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
objectType This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object.

It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():

Samples

Name Description
Custom Event for Command Dialog Demonstrates using a custom event to process getting information in the background to display in a command dialog. This is an add-in and should be copied and pasted into an add-in project.

Version

Introduced in version January 2017