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Introduced in QPR 7.3.1

Last changed in QPR 2015.1

 

Returns the ID of an item of the selected type that is active in the user interface.

 

Synopsis:

 

PGModel.GetActive(ActiveType, OutID)

 

Parameters:

 

ActiveType: String. The type of the active element wanted. Currently supported types are:

•MODEL: Returns the ID of the model that is currently open.

•PROCESSMODEL: Returns the ID of the process model element.

•PROCESSLEVEL: Returns the diagram ID of active diagram or navigator window. If a top level diagram is active, 0 is returned.

•MAINPROCESSLEVEL: Returns the diagram ID of the main (top) diagram.

•ELEMENT: Returns active diagram or navigator window's active element ID. In the case multiple elements are selected, an error is returned.

•USER: Returns the ID of the user who is currently logged in.

•BASEMODEL: Returns the ID of the base model the current model is using. In the case the model does not use a base model, 0 is returned.

•VIEWSETTINGS: Returns the ID of the view settings in the active view (Diagram, Navigator View, or Matrix View).

•ELEMENTINSTANCE: Returns the full ID (<elementId>.<instanceId>) of the active element as string. In case the active element doesn't support instantiating, an error is returned.

OutID: Variant for storing the ID of the returned element. Integer.

 

Required Rights:

 

None.

 

Return Values:

Below are listed the return values that this function can return:

 

RV_SUCCESS

RV_APPLICATION_QUIT_CALLED

RV_MODEL_NOT_OPEN

RV_NO_ACTIVE_PROCESS_LEVEL

RV_NO_ACTIVE_ELEMENT

RV_NO_ACTIVE_VIEW_SETTINGS

RV_NOT_AUTHENTICATED

RV_INVALID_PARAMETER

RV_INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND

 

Example Procedure:

 

iResult = PGModel.GetActive("USER", iId)