Method loadSelection

Engine/source/gui/editor/guiEditCtrl.cpp:1303–1363

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void GuiEditCtrl::loadSelection( const char* filename )
{
   // Set redefine behavior to rename.
   
   const char* oldRedefineBehavior = Con::getVariable( "$Con::redefineBehavior" );
   Con::setVariable( "$Con::redefineBehavior", "renameNew" );
   
   // Exec the file or clipboard contents with the saved selection set.

   if( filename )
      Con::executef( "exec", filename );
   else
      Con::evaluate( Platform::getClipboard() );
      
   SimSet* set;
   if( !Sim::findObject( "guiClipboard", set ) )
   {
      if( filename )
         Con::errorf( "GuiEditCtrl::loadSelection() - could not find 'guiClipboard' in '%s'", filename );
      else
         Con::errorf( "GuiEditCtrl::loadSelection() - could not find 'guiClipboard'" );
      return;
   }
   
   // Restore redefine behavior.
   
   Con::setVariable( "$Con::redefineBehavior", oldRedefineBehavior );
   
   // Add the objects in the set.

   if( set->size() )
   {
      clearSelection();

      GuiControlVector ctrls;
      for( U32 i = 0, num = set->size(); i < num; ++ i )
      {
         GuiControl *ctrl = dynamic_cast< GuiControl* >( ( *set )[ i ] );
         if( ctrl )
         {
            getCurrentAddSet()->addObject( ctrl );
            ctrls.push_back( ctrl );
         }
      }
      
      // Select all controls.  We need to perform this here rather than in the
      // loop above as addSelection() will modify the current add set.
      for( U32 i = 0; i < ctrls.size(); ++ i )
      {
         addSelection( ctrls[i] );
      }

      // Undo 
      onAddNewCtrlSet_callback( getSelectedSet() );

      // Notify the script it needs to update its treeview.

      onHierarchyChanged_callback();