Re: Creating custom properties

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 15:28 -0600, Paul Watson wrote:
> I would like to be able to create custom properties on a shape to
> store additional metadata.  Is this possible?  Is this only possible
> if I create the shapes?

It is possible when creating a shape, by using the ext_attribute tag.
There's a few examples in the shapes distributed with Dia.

> Can a shape have code executed when an event, such as selecting, it
> occurs?  Can this be written in Python?

Some events can be handled in code, but not all.  For what the Python
plugin allows, I will refer you to Hans.

-Lars