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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
- 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
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
DIESEL string expressions are used to conditionally disable or enable a menu
or ribbon button item each time they are displayed. For example, the DIESEL
string expression in the Macros cell of the Properties pane disables the MOVE
command while any other command is active.
$(if,$(getvar,cmdactive),~)MOVE^C^C_move
The AutoLISP menucmd function can also be used to disable and enable items
from a macro or application. For examples, see
Reference Pull-Down or Shortcut
Menus
on page 288.
Mark Menu or Ribbon Button Items
You can mark a menu or ribbon button item by doing one of the following:
■ Beginning a command name with an exclamation point and a period (!.)
■ Using a DIESEL string expression
Ribbon button items only support the use of DIESEL string expressions. A
menu or ribbon button item is marked in one of two ways:
■ A check mark. Displayed when a menu item does not have an image
associated with it.
■ A border. Displayed when a menu or ribbon button item has an image
associated with it; a border is displayed around the image.
Following is an example of the Edit menu with the OLE Links command
marked with a check mark and the Copy Link command's image marked with
a border:
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