TextNote.SetText turns text bold

TexxK · March 25, 2020, 1:26pm

I wrote a simple definition that would allow me to mass replace certain strings of a text note in a view. When I run it though, all of the text notes turn bold. It isn’t the type that gets bold, the text within the note is.

I have tried to go back through the nodes to find out where this happens but without luck. One weird thing I noticed was that this doesn’t occur if I add a ToUpper node(Rhythm) before the SetText node. I would use this as a workaround(ToUpper -> ToLower) but I don’t want to lose single capital letters within the notes. Ideas?

ReplaceText.dyn (19.8 KB)

john_pierson · March 25, 2020, 3:57pm

The OOTB method is probably doing that because they are not using the Formatted Text Option in the API.

OOTB:

github.com

DynamoDS/DynamoRevit/blob/e757b2d6ca206a3ec4db0672d9e19a9fd4a548d5/src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/TextNote.cs#L233-L245


/// <summary>
/// Set Text
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
public void SetText(string value)
{
    if (value != Text)
    {
        TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(Application.Document.Current.InternalDocument);
        this.InternalTextNote.Text = value;
        TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone();
    }
}

Rhythm:

github.com

johnpierson/RhythmForDynamo/blob/9cdc0234e49a58a87f0c525eb351aa1821b71a1b/src/Rhythm/Revit/Elements/TextNote.cs#L24-L40


public static global::Revit.Elements.Element ToUpper(global::Revit.Elements.Element textNote)
{
    Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
    Autodesk.Revit.DB.TextNote internalNote = (Autodesk.Revit.DB.TextNote)textNote.InternalElement;


    //Get the text from the text box
    //we obtain formatted text and modify the caps instead of the string. Preserves formatting.
    FormattedText formattedText = internalNote.GetFormattedText();
    formattedText.SetAllCapsStatus(true);
    //Change all the text to upper case and reassign to the text box
    //using formatted text allows for the formatting to stay - John
    TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc);
    internalNote.SetFormattedText(formattedText);
    TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone();


    return textNote;
}

I would suggest opening a GitHub issue here and reference this post for them.

Also, without seeing your file or lists, I can guess that maybe your lists are getting jagged and one text note’s property (bold) is carrying over maybe.

TexxK · March 25, 2020, 4:21pm

I’ve been testing this in a clean Revit file containing just 3 identical text notes so I know my lists are fine. I’ve also tried a bunch of different text note types and properties but nothing makes a difference. The similar node from the Clockwork package produced the same result as well.

I’ll post an issue on GitHub about it. Thank you.

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