Properties Toolbar questions

[TatianaS]

Hello,
I am wandering if there is a way to show Annotation properties on the toolbar when annotation is selected or/and double clicked.
Right now I am using SetProperty('View.Bars["Properties"].Visible', '1', 0) however, I do not what property of the document to be shown because users can change security of the document that way.

My questions are:
1. Is is possible to just disable Properties Toolbar, but still have it visible is some situations
2. Is it possible to disable 'Lock' annotation button in advanced drop-down annotation properties

Thanks

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hi TatianaS,

Please check the "how to disable a command" section of the Viewer AX SDK manual.

It should be possible to hide the properties toolbar, and then when an annotation is selected to re-enable and show the properties toolbar, but you want to hide/disable the "Document Properties" in particular. For this simply disable the "Document Properties..." command (ID 33270)

For your second point try disabling ToggleAnnotLockState (ID 36001) and Locked (ID36461).
Alternatively you can deactivate the the whole "Properties..." entry in the context menu (ID 33116).

Regards,
Stefan

[TatianaS]

The command: 33270 work perfectly, thank you.

However disabling 'Locked' menu in the annotation properties window did not work with ID 36001 and Locked 36461
or 33116.

My code:
SetProperty('Commands[#36001].State', 'Offline', 0);
SetProperty('Commands[#36461].State', 'Offline', 0);
or
SetProperty('Commands[#33116].State', 'Offline', 0);

Thanks,
-Tatiana

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi Tatiana.

You are right, currently is impossible to disable these commands in this menu. This issue will be fixed in the next build. Please wait.

Best
Regards.

[TatianaS]

Thanks,
I have another question:
When I click on any annotation button, I can see the Annotation Toolbar (with color settings, etc.)
Then I click on my own button, but the Annotation Toolbar is still visible.
Is there a way to reset active tool to be inactive?

Thanks,
-Tatiana

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Tatiana,

You say "Then I click on my own button" - is this a button outside of our AX control?

Regards,
Stefan

[TatianaS]

Yes it is, it is on my own toolbar

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Thanks TatianaS,

So on our AX control losing focus or on your users clicking your button you might set the active tool to e.g. the hand one:

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SetProperty("Tools.Active", "Hand");

and this should make the properties toolbar shrink as there are no active properties for the hand tool, or if you want you can at that point directly hide the toolbar

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SetProperty("View.Bars["Properties"].Visible", DataIn(0), 0);

Regards,
Stefan

[TatianaS]

Thanks, the command SetProperty("Tools.Active", "Hand") fixes the annotation tool bar only if no annotation is selected

Scenario:
1. Select any existing Annotation object on a document
2. Click on my button (in my Toolbar) which reset the active tool to hand

Result: the Annotation object is still selected which cause the Annotation bar still to be showing.

I think that besides setting active too to "Hand" I need to deselect annotation or simulate clicking on page which will deselect annotation

Thanks,
-Tatiana

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, Tatiana

Try please:

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DoDocumentVerb(docID, "Flush", stub, null, 0); // it may deselect the annot
SetProperty("Tools.Active", "Hand");

HTH

[TatianaS]

That worked! Thanks

[Will - Tracker Supp]