Integer vs Double values stored in SS OLEProps

[farfilli]

Numeric properties in SS are managed in a "Weird" way, I assume this is to save some bites in the file streams.

If the number to store is an integer the property type is VT_I4; instead, if the number to store is double the property type is VT_R8

In this line, the number is always converted to an integer and that will lead to a decimal loss in case the value to store is double

SolidEdgeHousekeeper/My Project/HCStructuredStorageDoc.vb

Line 1034 in 92a35dd

OLEProp.Value = CInt(PropertyValue)

There is no method to change the property type therefore the only way is to delete the property and recreate it retaining its id

My original code is here where this technique is used

SolidEdgeHousekeeper/My Project/UtilsCommon.vb

Line 1714 in 92a35dd

' Case = VTPropertyType.VT_I4

[rmcanany]

I see what you mean. I just did a test in SE. I created two new custom properties of type Number. One had a decimal point and the other didn't. Checking in SSView, the first was an int, the other was a double. I went back in SE and added a decimal to the first and removed it from the second. Back in SSView, the types had switched.

I'll fix that today. I appreciate you keeping an eye on things, by the way.

[rmcanany]

That should be working now. If you get a chance to try it, please let me know how it goes.

What's not working is Number type properties on the SE side. Is there some sort of trick to it? In TaskEditProperties, I do Prop.Value = CInt("1") for a VT_I4 property and get something like 1448905303. Huh?

[farfilli]

Converting a string to an integer could be tricky; did you try using a different syntax?
Prop.Value = CType("1", Integer)

Or even better declare an intermediate variable as Integer and use it to assign the converted value? In this way, you can check the conversion before passing the value

[farfilli]

One more hint, in the code you use Int32 which is a different beast than Integer perhaps this is the issue? Or do you use Int32 just as a tag?

[rmcanany]

Tried it both ways with no luck. I tried the following with a breakpoint on the second line. i is set to 2, but it's still not working. I'll keep playing with it.

Dim i As Integer = CInt("2")
Prop.Value = i

[rmcanany]

I see SE 2024 Update 11 fixed an API bug: PR 10852832: Application Crash Due to Solid Edge Status Setting

I'm going to try to update next week and see if it fixes my issue with Int and Double.