How to (transparently) get out of the viewport back into paper space?

[scot-65]

I'm trying to limit the activity inside a paper space's viewport.

Specifically text and dimension objects (our routines) as these layers inside the viewport may be frozen.

How do I pragmatically get out of the viewport back into paper space?

Command: _.PSPACE
Command: cvport
Enter new value for CVPORT <1>:

Command: _.MSPACE
Command: cvport
Enter new value for CVPORT <2>: 1
Cannot set CVPORT to that value.
*Invalid*

Thanks in advance.

scot-65

[Kent1Cooper]

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@scot-65 wrote:

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How do I pragmatically get out of the viewport back into paper space?

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Something as simple as (command "_.pspace") ought to do it, unless I'm misunderstanding.

[scot-65]

I may not have correctly formulated the statement the first time around...
(if (> (getvar "CVPORT") 1) (command ".pspace") );if

Now I have discovered that the subroutine call to check for cvport is placed further down the routine (inside the "main" section and not before the user input part of the program - I.E.: must be placed before getpoint).

Thanks anyways.
scot-65

[Ian_Bryant]

Hi, if you wish to avoid the command function

e.g. inside a reactor function

or in a function to be used with vlax-add-command

to create a transparent command

you can try the following:

(and
  (= (getvar "TILEMODE") 0)
  (> (getvar "CVPORT") 1)
  (vla-put-Mspace (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) 0)
)

Ian