Inserting dynamic block reference loses the properties

[a.ghensi689507]

Hi all,
I'm trying to insert a reference of an already existing dynamic block, but when I use the following code the inserted block reference loses all the properties (in fact, if I debug it the block has isDynamicBlock set to False).

Using blockRef As New BlockReference(insertPoint, curBlock)
    ms.AppendEntity(blockRef)
    ' ts is the already opened transaction
    ts.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(blockRef, True)
    
    Dim dynBlockDef As BlockTableRecord = TryCast(blockRef.DynamicBlockTableRecord.GetObject(OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTableRecord)
    ' The following part never gets executed because the block reference is not dynamic.
    For Each prop As DynamicBlockReferenceProperty In blockRef.DynamicBlockReferencePropertyCollection
        Select Case prop.PropertyName
            Case "lenght"
                prop.Value = length
            Case "width"
                prop.Value = width
        End Select
    Next
End Using

What am I missing? I can't find anything that can help me on the net, only ways to access the properties of and already placed dynamic block reference.

[_gile]

Hi,

I see nothing wrong in this snippet (just an useless line with "Dim dynBlockDef ...").

I suspect "curBlock" is the ObjectId of an anonymous block definition (i.e. someDynamicBlockReference.BlockTableRecord) instead of the root definition (i.e. someDynamicBlockReference.DynamicBlockTableRecord).

[a.ghensi689507]

Hi,

I see nothing wrong in this snippet (just an useless line with "Dim dynBlockDef ...").

I suspect "curBlock" is the ObjectId of an anonymous block definition (i.e. someDynamicBlockReference.BlockTableRecord) instead of the root definition (i.e. someDynamicBlockReference.DynamicBlockTableRecord).

Hi _gile, thank you so much!
You guessed it right, I was passing the BlockTableRecord objectID instead of the DynamicBlockTableRecord objectID!
Now everything works fine.
Thanks again!

PS: the useless line is useful for some other code I omitted