PlaceSymbol

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The PlaceSymbol transaction places a symbol object in the specified document window, on the current page's active edit layer. Before a symbol can be placed, one must be selected using SetSymbol.

Type XTYP_EXECUTE

Syntax [PlaceSymbol(docwinID, unitType, x, y)]

Parameter	Data type	Values	Meaning
docwinID	DWORD	0 \| docwinID	active \| specific
unitType	WORD	0	proportional units
x, y	DWORDs	upper-left coordinates of the object to place

Remarks

For the symbol to be visible, you must redraw the display by using the Refresh transaction, or the View, Refresh command in the user interface.

Release information

Added in Release 3.83.