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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
Work with User Interface Elements
Many of the common user interface elements can be used when recording an
action macro.
There are some elements that you cannot use. The following user interface
elements can be used when recording an action macro:
■ Toolbars and Quick Access toolbar
■ Pull-down menus and shortcut menus
■ Ribbon
■ Application menu
■ Legacy user interface elements (screen, icon, and tablet menus)
■ Application and drawing status bars
■ Properties palette and Quick Properties palette
■ Tool Palettes window
■ DesignCenter
User Interface Elements You Cannot Record
Not all actions preformed with the Properties palette and Quick Properties
palette are recorded. The following actions are not recorded:
■ Property changes made from a dialog box in the Properties palette or Quick
Properties palette.
■ Value changes made to the Vertex properties of 3D faces and polylines
with the Properties palette or Quick Properties palette.
■ Actions that do not execute a command from the status bars.
Not all actions preformed with the status bar are recorded. Only controls that
execute commands are recorded. The following buttons are recorded from
status bar:
■ Quick Properties
■ Model and layout
■ Quick View Layouts (limited to recording when layouts are switched)
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