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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
VBARUN
Runs a VBA macro.
VBASTMT
Executes a VBA statement at the AutoCAD Command prompt.
VBAUNLOAD
Unloads a global VBA project.
AutoLISP and Visual LISP
AutoLISP is based on the LISP programming language, which is simple to learn
and very powerful. Because AutoCAD has a built-in LISP interpreter, you can
enter AutoLISP code at the command prompt or load AutoLISP code from
external files. Visual LISP (VLISP) is a software tool designed to expedite
AutoLISP program development.
Overview of AutoLISP and Visual LISP
AutoLISP has been enhanced with Visual LISP (VLISP), which offers an
integrated development environment (IDE) that includes a compiler, debugger,
and other development tools to increase productivity. VLISP adds more
capabilities and extends the language to interact with objects using ActiveX.
VLISP also enables AutoLISP to respond to events through object reactors.
Unlike in ObjectARX, or VBA, each document opened in the Multiple Design
Environment (MDE) has its own Visual LISP namespace and environment. A
namespace is an insulated environment keeping AutoLISP routines that are
specific to one document from having symbol or variable name and value
conflicts with those in another document. For example, the following line of
code sets a different value to the symbol a for different documents.
(setq a (getvar "DWGNAME"))
Visual LISP provides mechanisms for loading symbols and variables from one
namespace to another. More information about namespaces can be found in
the AutoLISP Developer's Guide in the Help system. To display Developer Help,
on the InfoCenter toolbar, to the right of the Help button, click the drop-down
arrow. From the menu, click Additional Resources ➤ Developer Help.
AutoLISP applications or routines can interact with AutoCAD in many ways.
These routines can prompt the user for input, access built-in AutoCAD
commands directly, and modify or create objects in the drawing database. By
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