Getting the active symbol definition

[Musisback]

My plug-in processes selected object this way:

H:=Fsactlayer;
While (H<>nil) do 
BEGIN
............
............			
H:=nextSobj(H);
END;

I want it to work also in symbol definitions while in editing mode.

I tried with

H := FInSymDef(ActSymDef);

But It does not work.

FInSymDef seem to return the last new symbol definition and not the active one.

Is there a way to still make it works?

[JBenghiat]

If you are editing a symbol definition it is not necessarily the active symbol -- the active symbol is either the last created symbol, or what you have double-clicked in the resource browser (ie. the symbol that will insert with the symbol insertion tool).

As far as I know, the only way to get a handle to a symbol definition being edited is the where's waldo method (roughly):

locus(0,0);

waldo:=LNewObj;

hanContainer:=GetParent(waldo);

{IF type of container is symbol definition then}

nameSymDef:=GetName(hanContainer);

hanSymDef:=GetObject(nameSymDef);

h:=FInSymDef(hanSymDef);

{Else get handle from layer}

DelObject(waldo);

-Josh

[Miguel Barrera]

You need to call

PROCEDURE SetActSymbol(name: STRING);

before to set the symbol as active

SetActSymbol('SymbolName');
H:=FInSymDef(ActSymDef);
WHILE (H <> NIL) DO 
 BEGIN
 ............
 ............			
 H:=NextObj(H);
 END;

[Musisback]

Thanks, Josh, I'll try this way.

Miguel, I don't have the symbol's name. I want to get the handle of any symbol currently be edited by the user.

if I had the name, it would indeed be easier.