Inconsistent behavior when placing a file in a transformed frame

Question

I've been playing around with the sample plug-in SnippetRunner's SnpPlaceFile::PlaceViaHelper() method to allow it to place a file inside a frame.<br /><br />If a frame is selected, I compute boundsInParentCoords as follows:<br />  InterfacePtr<IGeometry> itemGeometry(selectedItemRef, UseDefaultIID());<br />  boundsInParentCoords = itemGeometry->GetPathBoundingBox();<br />and in the call to layoutHelper.PlaceFileInFrame(), I use the frame's UIDRef (selectedItemRef) as the parentUIDRef but I get the database for the importFileCmdData->Set() method using the active layer UIDRef.<br /><br />This works fine, unless the frame has been transformed before I do the place, in which case it works in some cases and not in others. Specifically, it works for Scale, Rotate, Horizontal Shear, and Horizontal Flip, but it doesn't work (i.e., the image is placed at the wrong location) for Translate, Vertical Shear, and Vertical Flip.<br /><br />Can anyone explain why this works in some cases and not in others? Is there something else I'm suposed to be doing? Or maybe I'm going about this all wrong. In either case, I need help. Thanks.<br /><br />Bob

Answer 1

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
public class SetAlwaysOnTop {
    private JFrame frame;
    public SetAlwaysOnTop () {
        frame = new JFrame("Set always on top frame");
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        panel.add(new JLabel ("Top Label"),BorderLayout.NORTH);
        JButton dialogButton = new JButton("Show Dialog");
        dialogButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                createDialog();
        panel.add(dialogButton,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        frame.setContentPane(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    private void createDialog() {
        final JDialog testDialog = new JDialog(frame,"Modal Frame",true);
        JPanel closePanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        JButton close = new JButton("Close");
        close.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                testDialog.dispose();
        testDialog.setLocation(50,50);
        closePanel.add(close);
        testDialog.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
        testDialog.setContentPane(closePanel);
        testDialog.pack();
        testDialog.setVisible(true);
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                SetAlwaysOnTop top = new SetAlwaysOnTop();
}