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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
b In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, in the
Customizations In <file name> pane, right-click Shortcut Menus. Click
New Shortcut Menu.
The new shortcut menu (named ShortcutMenu1) is placed at the
bottom of the Menus tree.
c Do one of the following:
■ Enter a new name over the default name ShortcutMenu1.
■ Right-click ShortcutMenu1. Click Rename. Enter a new shortcut
menu name.
■ Click ShortcutMenu1, wait, and click again over the shortcut
menu’s name to edit its name in-place.
d In the Properties pane, Description box, optionally enter a description
for the shortcut menu.
e In the Aliases box, click the [ ] button.
f In the Aliases dialog box, press Enter so you are on a new line. Enter
additional aliases for the menu, and after each one, press Enter. An
alias is automatically assigned, and defaults to the next available POP
number, based on the number of shortcut menus already loaded in
the program.
NOTE If you create a shortcut menu with the alias OBJECTS_objecttype,
the commands assigned to the shortcut menu will be displayed when
one or more objects are selected before right-clicking over the drawing
area.
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