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C3D-260619-PROPTEXT · Diagnose C-PROP-TEXT error

Read-only: state of all PROP layers, what sits on C-PROP-TEXT, and which label styles push their output onto that layer via the style display layer rather than the entity layer.

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// READ-ONLY: what is going on with C-PROP-TEXT.
// Layer state, what sits on it, and - since Civil 3D labels can be forced onto a layer by their
// STYLE rather than by the entity's own layer - which label styles point at it.
const string L = "C-PROP-TEXT";

var lt = (LayerTable)Tx.GetObject(Db.LayerTableId, OpenMode.ForRead);
Log("--- layers containing PROP ---");
foreach (ObjectId id in lt)
{
    var ltr = (LayerTableRecord)Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead);
    if (!ltr.Name.ToUpper().Contains("PROP")) continue;
    Log("  '" + ltr.Name + "' off=" + ltr.IsOff + " frozen=" + ltr.IsFrozen + " locked=" + ltr.IsLocked +
        " plot=" + ltr.IsPlottable + " colour=" + ltr.Color.ColorIndex +
        " linetype=" + ((LinetypeTableRecord)Tx.GetObject(ltr.LinetypeObjectId, OpenMode.ForRead)).Name);
}

var ms = (BlockTableRecord)Tx.GetObject(SymbolUtilityServices.GetBlockModelSpaceId(Db), OpenMode.ForRead);
Log("--- model-space entities on '" + L + "' ---");
int n = 0;
foreach (ObjectId id in ms)
{
    var e = Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Entity;
    if (e == null || e.Layer != L) continue;
    n++;
    string extra = "";
    var lbl = e as Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServices.Label;
    if (lbl != null)
    {
        try {
            var pid = lbl.FeatureId;
            var pe = pid.IsNull ? null : Tx.GetObject(pid, OpenMode.ForRead) as Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Entity;
            extra = "  PARENT=" + (pe == null ? "none" : pe.GetType().Name + " on '" + pe.Layer + "'");
            extra += "  style='" + lbl.StyleName + "'";
        } catch (System.Exception ex) { extra = " (" + ex.Message + ")"; }
    }
    Log("  " + e.GetType().Name + " h=" + e.Handle + extra);
    if (n > 40) { Log("  ..."); break; }
}
if (n == 0) Log("  (nothing on it in model space)");

// which label styles force their output onto C-PROP-TEXT?
Log("--- label styles whose display layer is '" + L + "' ---");
var cdoc = CivilDoc;
int hits = 0;
foreach (ObjectId id in ms)
{
    var lbl = Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServices.Label;
    if (lbl == null) continue;
    try {
        var st = Tx.GetObject(lbl.StyleId, OpenMode.ForRead) as Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServices.Styles.LabelStyle;
        if (st == null) continue;
        var layerId = st.GetDisplayStyleLabel(Autodesk.Civil.LabelDisplayStyleType.Plan).LayerId;
        var ltr = Tx.GetObject(layerId, OpenMode.ForRead) as LayerTableRecord;
        if (ltr == null || ltr.Name != L) continue;
        hits++;
        Log("  " + lbl.GetType().Name + " h=" + lbl.Handle + " style='" + st.Name + "' -> layer '" + ltr.Name + "' (entity layer '" + lbl.Layer + "')");
        if (hits > 25) { Log("  ..."); break; }
    } catch { }
}
if (hits == 0) Log("  (none)");

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