How to disable a command like 'Exclusive Mode' on startup

[MaSeife]

How do I programmatically disable the 'Exclusive Mode' (the crown button) on startup / initialization of the PDF-XChange? The command ID is cmd.tool.exclusiveMode but when I try something like

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getInst().Settings().SetBool("cmd.tool.exclusiveMode", false)

I get a 'com.sun.jna.platform.win32.COM.COMException: Falscher Parameter.(HRESULT: 80070057) (puArgErr=)'.

Am I just using the wrong ID or do I generally use the wrong approach for this? When calling it at the same code position for example with

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getInst().Settings().SetBool("Tools.Line.ExclusiveMode", false)

I don't get the error. But this is not the right key for the actual user case

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello MaSeife,

I believe that this property is stored per type of tool, so you will likely need to get the active tool:
https://sdkhelp.pdf-xchange.com/vi ... ActiveTool
check it's exclusive mode:
https://sdkhelp.pdf-xchange.com/vi ... sExclusive
and toggle it once you know for which tool you want to apply that.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[MaSeife]

Hallo Stefan,

when opening/initializing the app, there is neither an active document nor an active tool. Therefore the getActiveTool()-Method isn't really applicable at this moment and isExclusive() can't be called.

And even if it were I couldn't find a corresponding setExclusive()-method to deactivate the 'Exclusive Mode'.

Isn't it possible to get some useful object with the id 'cmd.tool.exclusiveMode'?

Regards,
Markus

[MaSeife]

Hi Stefan,

after some trial and error and initially setting an empty document I found a solution The following did what I needed:

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if (getActiveDocument().ActiveTool().IsExclusive(getActiveDocument())) {
	getInst().ExecUICmd("cmd.tool.exclusiveMode", getInst().ActiveMainFrm().Obj());
}

Regards,
Markus

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Markus,

Glad to hear that you have figured it out!

Kind regards,
Stefan