lcExpEntity

Used to retrieve simple polylines of graphic object. This function copies the polylines into inner buffer.
Coordinates of the polylines vertices can be retrieved with lcExpGetPline and lcExpGetVertex functions.

int lcExpEntity (
   HANDLE hEntity,
   int iChar,
   int Flags,
   BOOL bUnrotate
);

Parameters

hEntity

Handle to a graphic object.

iChar

Index of character in text entity. Used if you want to explode only one character. For all text use value -1.

Flags

Options. Can be a combination of the following flags.

Flag	Meaning
LC_EXP_OUTLINE	Retieve entity's outlines
LC_EXP_HATCH	Retrieve hatch lines
LC_EXP_ALL	Combination of LC_EXP_OUTLINE and LC_EXP_HATCH flags
LC_EXP_MAXRESOL	Use maximal resolution for curves. If not set then current resolution of the entity will be used. If the current resolution is "adaptive" then default resolution will be used (See LC_PROP_DRW_RESOLARC, LC_PROP_DRW_RESOLSPLINE, LC_PROP_DRW_RESOLTEXT)

bUnrotate

reserved

Return Value

A number of polylines copied into inner buffer.

Remarks

If a drawing has active clipping rectangle, then this function will process only area within the clipping rectangle.