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AddBlockFromFile Method
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vdWebLibrary Namespace > vdrawObj Class : AddBlockFromFile Method

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filename: The filename of the file from where all the entities for the block will be taken.

blockname: The name of the block to be added.

overwrite: If the passed blockname exist and the overwrite is true the the block entities will be replaced from the passed filename drawing model entities.

loadedDelegate: Optional. If present, is a user define function of vdLoadXrefDelegate type, that will be called when the block if successfully loaded.

Creates a vdBlock object from a file and add it in the blocks collection of the document.

Syntax

JScript
public function AddBlockFromFile( filename : String, blockname : String, overwrite : boolean, loadedDelegate : vdLoadXrefDelegate ) : Object;

Parameters

filename: The filename of the file from where all the entities for the block will be taken.
blockname: The name of the block to be added.
overwrite: If the passed blockname exist and the overwrite is true the the block entities will be replaced from the passed filename drawing model entities.
loadedDelegate: Optional. If present, is a user define function of vdLoadXrefDelegate type, that will be called when the block if successfully loaded.

Return Value

The created block object.

Example

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var vdcanvas = vdmanager.vdrawObject(canvasId); //create a block from the file 'test.vds' and assign 'myblock' key name var blk = vdcanvas.AddBlockFromFile("test.vds", "myblock", true); //insert the block in four different positions vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [0, 0, 0], 1, 0, true, null); vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [7, 0, 0], 1, 0, true, null); vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [0, 7, 0], 1, 0, true, null); vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [7, 7, 0], 1, 0, true, null);

  
var vdcanvas = vdmanager.vdrawObject(canvasId); 
//create a block from the file 'test.vds' and assign 'myblock' key name 
   var blk = vdcanvas.AddBlockFromFile("test.vds", "myblock", true); 
   //insert the block in four different positions 
   vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [0, 0, 0], 1, 0, true, null); 
   vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [7, 0, 0], 1, 0, true, null); 
   vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [0, 7, 0], 1, 0, true, null); 
   vdcanvas.AddBlockSymbol("myblock", [7, 7, 0], 1, 0, true, null);

Remarks

The origin of the block is defined by the BasePoint property of the passed drawing filename