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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
of the extended help topics in the file. In the previous example there are two
different extended help topics, and they are uniquely defined by the keys
MYEH_CMD_0001 and MYEH_CMD_0002.
NOTE Extended tooltips defined to work with AutoCAD 2009 need to be updated
to work with AutoCAD 2011. For information on converting an extended tooltip
created for AutoCAD 2009 to work with AutoCAD 2011, see To convert an
AutoCAD 2009 extended tooltip to work with AutoCAD 2011
on page 179.
The Stack Panel element groups the TextBlock and Image elements together.
You can have as many TextBlock and Image elements under a StackPanel
element that you need. The TextBlock element holds the text; the Image
element holds an illustration that is part of the extended help. To learn more
about XAML, visit Microsoft's web site at http://www.microsoft.com and perform
a search for XAML.
To add a tooltip to a command
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ User Interface.
2 In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, Command List
pane, click the command to which you want to add a tooltip.
3 In the Properties pane, Description field, enter the tooltip text for the
selected command.
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