import win32com.client
import pythoncom
def test_highlight(handle, color=1):
try:
acad = win32com.client.Dispatch("AutoCAD.Application")
doc = acad.ActiveDocument
print("Cleaning up potentially existing selection set...")
# Cleanup
try:
doc.SelectionSets.Item("TempSS").Delete()
print("Deleted existing TempSS")
except:
print("TempSS did not exist")
pass
print("Creating selection set...")
selection = doc.SelectionSets.Add("TempSS")
print("Selecting entity...")
# Select
filter_type = win32com.client.VARIANT(pythoncom.VT_ARRAY | pythoncom.VT_I2, [0])
filter_data = win32com.client.VARIANT(pythoncom.VT_ARRAY | pythoncom.VT_VARIANT, ["HANDLE", handle])
# Mode 5 = acSelectionSetAll
selection.Select(5, 0, 0, filter_type, filter_data)
if selection.Count == 0:
print(f"No entity found with handle {handle}")
selection.Delete()
return
print(f"Found {selection.Count} entities")
entity = selection.Item(0)
old_color = entity.Color
entity.Color = color
print(f"Success! Highlighted entity {handle}. Color changed from {old_color} to {color}")
selection.Delete()
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
# 7F is the handle of the line we drew earlier
test_highlight("7F", 1)
