Hello Henk,

There has been some enhancements in this area in CU10 for Studio 2014.  So if you only just updated then this is probably why your functionality broke.  Take a look at this article written by Romulus Crisan (former member)... he can't respond right now as he's on a flight but if you're still struggling he can probably look later on.

These changes will also apply for Studio 2015 so good for you to incorporate them now.

Regards

Thanks Paul!

Good to know that the changes in CU10 could cause this.

The article shows the following example.

var segmentPair = _editorController.ActiveDocument.ActiveSegmentPair;

segmentPair.Properties.IsLocked = !segmentPair.Properties.IsLocked;

_editorController.ActiveDocument.UpdateSegmentPairProperties(segmentPair.Properties);

Unfortunately, UpdateSegmentPairProperties() does not seem be available via the API.

Henk

The reason this is not working is because the property you are changing is actually a clone of the first one. More on this you can find in here:

Now the suggestion made by Paul is correct but after you reply I made some deeper investigation and it seems that this exact feature didn't catch the CU10 release and it will be available only Studio 2015. I will update my article and mention this.

To try an fix your problem you can use Process Segment Pairs method which can do the exact same thing as the update method but you will need to add more boilerplate code.

So are you saying that the SetMetaData function is not working when you call it or that the above code is not working? The reason I'm asking is because I know that there are some problem with determining the ActiveDocument in this multiple file case. Not sure how currentfileid is determined but if this is null you'll have to do a workaround in how you obtain the ActiveDocument. You can find the workaround here.

So this means the issue is either with SetMetaDate method or that the segmentPair is just a clone. Are you able to try to do some tests on Studio 2015? The reason I'm asking is because in 2015 Integration API you would be able to use the method UpdateSegmentPair instead of ProcessSegment. More details about this method here. This way we might be able to find if it's cloning issue.

The UpdateSegmentPair also does not work. I am using a class that inherits from AbstractAutoSuggestProvider. It provides access to the active document and also events when I change segments. 

Update. The same happens with the EditorController. In the following code, "ActiveDocument_ActiveSegmentChanged" is invoked. The metadata is only set for the first file, not for the second. 

EditorController _editorController;

class MyProjectViewPart : AbstractViewPartController

{
protected override Control GetContentControl()
{
return _control.Value;
}

protected override void Initialize()
{

_editorController = SdlTradosStudio.Application.GetController<EditorController>();

_editorController.ActiveDocument.ActiveSegmentChanged += ActiveDocument_ActiveSegmentChanged;

}

void ActiveDocument_ActiveSegmentChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var segmentPair = _editorController.ActiveDocument.ActiveSegmentPair;
segmentPair.Properties.TranslationOrigin.SetMetaData("henk", "henk");
_editorController.ActiveDocument.UpdateSegmentPair(segmentPair);
}

(obsolete info)