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■ The direction of an arc segment created with the Arc option of the PLINE
command is not played back correctly unless the Direction option is used
to define the arc segment.
■ While recording an action macro, you can record the current default value
displayed on the command line or use the default value that is current
when the action macro is played back. Pressing Enter without entering a
specific value during recording, displays a dialog box where you select to
use the current value during recording or the default value at playback.
■ While recording the TABLE command, the creation of the table is recorded
but any edits made to the cells of the table are not recorded.
Editing an Action Macro
When editing an action macro, the action macro files that are found in the
paths defined by the system variables ACTRECPATH and ACTPATHare loaded.
If more than one action macro file has the same name, the first action macro
file that is found is loaded into the Action Recorder. The other files with the
same names are ignored and not loaded.
To identify the path of a loaded action macro, select the action macro from
the Action Macros drop-down list and expand the Action Recorder panel.
Right-click the action macro’s node in the Action tree and click Properties. In
the Action Macro dialog box, the path to the action macro file is displayed in
the Folder Path text box.
Playing Back an Action Macro
When playing back an action macro, you should be aware of the following:
■ When playing back an action macro, the results of an action macro may
vary from those achieved when initially recording the action macro due
to differences between the drawing settings in the current drawing and
the one open when the action macro was recorded.
■ When playing back an action macro that displays a dialog box, the macro
will pause and wait until the dialog box is dismissed after changes are
made. If the dialog box is canceled, the macro will continue to play back
but the results may differ from those expected.
■ When playing back an action macro that contains commands defined with
AutoLISP, ObjectARX, or .NET assemblies, playback of the action macro
will fail if the files that define the commands are not loaded. If an action
macro references a VBA macro, the playback of the action macro will fail
if the project file is not loaded.
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