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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
■ Esp - Spanish
■ Fra - French
■ Hun - Hungarian
■ Ita - Italian
■ Jpn - Japanese
■ Kor - Korean
■ Plk - Polish
■ Rus - Russian
Example of Basic .bundle Folder Structure
Basic example of what a package for a plug-in might contain and how it is
structured on disk.
.bundle is not a file, but a folder name with a BUNDLE extension. The following
is an example of a plug-in that contains a LSP file as the main program and a
DWG support file. The following plug-in example is named OfficeSymbols
and its folder structure might look something like; folders are in bold:
OfficeSymbols.bundle
|- PackageContents.xml
|- OfficeSymbolsUtilities.lsp
|- OfficeSymbols.dwg
|- OfficeSymbols.ico
|- OfficeSymbols.htm
DescriptionFile name
The folder containing the files for a plug-
in and has the BUNDLE extension.
OfficeSymbols.bundle
XML file that contains metadata about the
plug-in.
PackageContents.xml
Example of a custom application file that
might define the behavior of the plug-in.
OfficeSymbolsUtilities.lsp
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