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CopyItem

Text:

API Call:Creates a copy of Item under Parent and returns the ID of the new item.

If IncludeChildren is true, child items will be copied also.

If SkipSections is true, digitized sections will be duplicated also.

Syntax:

Function: CopyItem(Item: String; Parent: String; IncludeChildren: boolean; SkipSections: boolean): String;

Code Reference:

• • 1. Create a New Form application
  • 2. Add a button to the form
  • 3. add Planswift to reference (Planswift9_tlb in the uses)
  • 4. copy code to button onclick event

API Calls

Delphi

procedure pscopyitem;
var
  ps: IPlanSwift;
  itm: IItem;
  est: IItem;
begin
  //Create the Planswift Interface
  ps := coplanswift.Create;
  //Get the estimating tab
  est := ps.GetItem('Job\Path');
  //Get the Selected Item
  itm := ps.SelectedItem;
  //Copy the selected item to the estimating tab
  //with all child items and sections
  ps.CopyItem(itm.GUID,est.GUID,True,False);
  //free planswift interface
  ps := nil;
end;

C#

VB/VBA (OLE)

Pascal Scripting (OLE)

Pascal Scripting