Deactivating custom tool

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On 25/07/2018 at 17:55, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Hi,

We use doc->SetAction( TOOL_ID ) to activate a custom tool, but what's the best method to deactivate it when we're done?

I guess to load the previous one from the last tools list, but I can't find any way to access that list.

Is the only way by listening to EVMSG_TOOLCHANGED to remember what was there before?

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On 26/07/2018 at 03:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi rsodre, thanks for writing us.

With regard to your question, actually there's no method to "deactivate" a tool, because it's simply not the way a tool was designed (actually a tool is no more active only when another tool is activated).

What you can attempt is to catch up with a EVMSG_TOOLCHANGED message being dispatched and query the active tool via BaseDocument::GetAction()[URL-REMOVED] to verify difference with the last activated tool.

Best, Riccardo

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On 26/07/2018 at 07:19, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Yeah, that's what I'm doing.

So I guess there's no way to access the previous tool stack we have on the toolbar?

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On 26/07/2018 at 08:52, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi rsodre,  I confirm that there's nothing publicly exposed.

Best, Riccardo