System API Types and Constants

Created: June 06, 2016 | Updated: September 26, 2016 | Applies to versions: 20.1, 20.2 and 21

Now reading version 20. For the latest, read: System API Types and Constants for version 22

Parent page: Technical Reference - System API

Please note that this documentation was last updated for an older version of Altium Designer. While many of the principles and approaches will remain the same, be aware that interfaces, objects, methods, properties, and the like will have changed since then, and will not reflect the entirety of those found in later versions of the software.

System API: Types and Constants

Contents of this reference:

Client Enumerated Types	Client Constants
TCommandProc procedure type TDocumentsBarGrouping type TGetStateProc procedure type THighlightMethod type THighlightMethodSet type TSnippetCreationMode type TServerModuleFactory function type	General constants DocumentNotification codes View Notification codes Module Notification codes System Notification codes Message notification codes Client Functions

Client Enumerated Types

The enumerated types are used for many of the client/server interfaces and methods which are covered in this section.

TCommandProc procedure type

Syntax
TCommandProc = Procedure(Const AContext : IServerDocumentView; AParameters : PChar);

TDocumentsBarGrouping type

TDocumentsBarGrouping = (dbgNone, dbgByDocKind, dbgByProject);

TGetStateProc procedure type

Syntax
TGetStateProc = Procedure(Const AContext : IServerDocumentView; AParameters : PChar; Var Enabled, Checked, Visible : LongBool; Caption, ImageFile : PChar);

THighlightMethod type

Syntax
THighlightMethod = (eHighlight_Filter,eHighlight_Zoom,eHighlight_Select,eHighlight_Graph,eHighlight_Dim,eHighlight_Thicken, eHighlight_ZoomCursor);

THighlightMethodSet type

Syntax
THighlightMethodSet = Set Of THighlightMethod;

TSnippetCreationMode type

TSnippetCreationMode = (eSnippetCreationBySelection, eSnippetCreationByUnionIndex);

TServerModuleFactory function type

Syntax
TServerModuleFactory = Function (Const AClient : IClient) : IServerModule;

Client Constants

General constants

    cDXPHomePage = 'DXP://Home';
    cDXPProcess = 'DXPProcess';
    cDXPDocument = 'DXPDoc';
    cViewNameParam = 'ViewName';
    cContextHelpDelimiter = '.';

{$IFDEF ALTIUMINTERNAL}
   cWebUpdate_DefaultURL            = 'http://intranet.altium.com.au/rd/AltiumDesigner6/Updates/';
{$ELSE}
   cWebUpdate_DefaultURL            = 'https://www.altium.com/webupdate/';
{$ENDIF}
   cWebUpdate_DefaultNetworkPath    = '';
   cWebUpdate_DefaultUseNetworkPath = False;
   cWebUpdate_DefaultCheckFrequency = wucfEveryDay;

    cWebUpdate_CheckFrequencyNames : Array[TWebUpdate_CheckFrequency] Of AnsiString =
    (
        'Never',
        'On Altium Designer startup',
        'Every day',
        'Every 3 days',
        'Every week',
        'Every 2 weeks',
        'Every month');

DocumentNotification codes

cDocumentLoading            = 0;
cDocumentOpening            = 1;
cDocumentClosing            = 2;
cDocumentActivating         = 3;
cDocumentNameChanging       = 4;
cDocumentCompiled           = 6;
cDocumentCompiling          = 7;
cDocumentBeforeClose        = 8;
cDocumentProjectChanged     = 9;
cDocumentSaved              = 10;
cDocumentModifiedChanged    = 11;
cDocumentHidden             = 12;
cDocumentProjectActivating = 15;
cDocumentScrapCompiling     = 16;
cDocumentScrapCompiled      = 17;
cProjectClosing             = 18;

cDocumentWorkspaceLoad_Begin = 101;
cDocumentWorkspaceLoad_End   = 102;
cDocumentWorkspaceSave_Begin = 103;
cDocumentWorkspaceSave_End   = 104;

cDocumentRouterStarted       = 200;
cDocumentRouterStopped       = 201;

cDocumentOwnershipChanged    = 300;

View Notification codes

cDocumentDataInserted            = 0;
cDocumentDataDeleted             = 1;
cDocumentDataModified            = 2;
cDocumentDataRefresh             = 3;
cApplicationStartupComplete      = 6;
cApplicationShutdownStarted      = 7;
cLicenseDetailsChanged           = 8;
cObjectNavigated                 = 150;
cGroupNavigated                  = 155;
cNavigationHistory               = 160;
cRefreshNavigationPanels         = 170;
cObjectCrossprobed               = 180;
cGroupCrossprobed                = 185;
cBeginRefreshNavigationPanels    = 190;

Module Notification codes

cModuleLoaded = 0;

System Notification codes

cLibrariesUpdated                = 0;
cSystemPreferencesChanged        = 1;
cTextEditPreferencesChanged      = 2;
cPCBPreferencesChanged           = 3;
cSchPreferencesChanged           = 4;
cSchPreferencesChangedWithUpdate = 5;
cCamtasticPreferencesChanged     = 6;
cPCB3DPreferencesChanged         = 7;
cVersionControlPreferencesChanged= 8;
cSchPreferencesChanged_UpdateStringsFont = 10;
cCustomDynamicHelpUpdated                = 11;

Message notification codes

cMessagesAdd              = 0;
cMessagesReplaceLast      = 1;
cMessagesFullUpdate       = 2;
cMessagesClearAll         = 3;

Client Functions

Function Client : IClient;
Function Server : IServerModule;

Procedure SetClient (Const AClient : IClient);
Procedure SetServer (Const AServer : IServerModule);

Function CreateNewDocumentFromDocumentKind (Const DocumentKind : AnsiString) : IServerDocument;

Function CreateNewFreeDocumentFromDocumentKind(Const DocumentKind : AnsiString) : IServerDocument;

Function GetSceneManager : ISceneManager;

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