Autoload Multiline styles?

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to find a way to have some custom multilines get automatically loaded at startup. They exist in the acad.mln file, but unless loaded and saved with a drawing or template, cmstyle won't allow specifying them. The reason I want them loaded at startup is that these selections will be included in a custom menu so the user doesn't always have to open up the multiline dialog box and load/set them each time they're needed. And since these functions will be used in hundreds of existing drawings, it does no good to have them loaded into templates, etc. 'Any suggestions on how to load them either through lisp or some other way? Thanks for any suggestions! John

[Anonymous]

Easiest is probably to define them in /a block/s and insert it. voila! (But this is a horrible kludge, IMO) MLstyles can be entmake'd, btw, which is what I do now - but I'm looking for ways to do this with activex stuff... :) hth, David Kozina "John Schmidt" wrote in message news:4072de1a$1_3@newsprd01... > I'm trying to find a way to have some custom multilines get automatically > loaded at startup. They exist in the acad.mln file, but unless loaded and > saved with a drawing or template, cmstyle won't allow specifying them. > > The reason I want them loaded at startup is that these selections will be > included in a custom menu so the user doesn't always have to open up the > multiline dialog box and load/set them each time they're needed. And since > these functions will be used in hundreds of existing drawings, it does no > good to have them loaded into templates, etc. > > 'Any suggestions on how to load them either through lisp or some other way? > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > John > >

[Anonymous]

Yeah - I decided on the block insertion method right after I posted. I then ssget it, erase, then purge it. 'Not pretty, but it works...below is the line in the menu, (it calls a script for actually running the mline at the end): ^C^C-insert;mlrw.dwg;0,0;;;;(ssget "x" '((2 . "mlrw")) );erase;p;;-purge;B;mlrw;n;script;RWall8.SCR John "David Kozina" wrote in message news:4072dfad$1_3@newsprd01... > Easiest is probably to define them in /a block/s and insert it. > voila! (But this is a horrible kludge, IMO) > > MLstyles can be entmake'd, btw, which is what I do now - but I'm looking for > ways to do this with activex stuff... :) > > hth, > David Kozina > > > "John Schmidt" wrote in message > news:4072de1a$1_3@newsprd01... > > I'm trying to find a way to have some custom multilines get automatically > > loaded at startup. They exist in the acad.mln file, but unless loaded and > > saved with a drawing or template, cmstyle won't allow specifying them. > > > > The reason I want them loaded at startup is that these selections will be > > included in a custom menu so the user doesn't always have to open up the > > multiline dialog box and load/set them each time they're needed. And since > > these functions will be used in hundreds of existing drawings, it does no > > good to have them loaded into templates, etc. > > > > 'Any suggestions on how to load them either through lisp or some other > way? > > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > > > John > > > > > >

[Anonymous]

BTW, I believe Tony Tanzillo's AcadX extension library has the means to bypass the dialog and load up the definitions in a specified .mln file. I haven't tried it for that purpose, but I imagine the code required would be pretty simple. This would avoid the block messiness altogether. Just another idea. "John Schmidt" wrote in message news:4072ecc3$1_1@newsprd01... > Yeah - I decided on the block insertion method right after I posted. I then > ssget it, erase, then purge it. 'Not pretty, but it works...below is the > line in the menu, (it calls a script for actually running the mline at the > end): > > ^C^C-insert;mlrw.dwg;0,0;;;;(ssget "x" '((2 . > "mlrw")) );erase;p;;-purge;B;mlrw;n;script;RWall8.SCR > > John >

[Anonymous]

Looked into this briefly, I'm not sure the majority of the properties are exposed. Seems that maybe the only route (lisp wise) would be vanilla. Anyone else know for sure? -- Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator "David Kozina" wrote in message news:4072dfad$1_3@newsprd01... > I'm looking for ways to do this with activex stuff... 🙂

[Anonymous]

PS: I suppose you could keep a 'dummy' drawing around with the desired mline styles loaded and access them via objectDBX. Just an alternative to the block solution. -- Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator "Jason Piercey" wrote in message news:40734400$1_1@newsprd01... > Looked into this briefly

[Anonymous]

It can be done with AutoLISP. Ugly and cryptic, but effective. It was interesting (to me) while working this out a long time ago that the .mln file is not much more than a dxf-like group code format file. MLineStyles are dictionary objects, IIRC, so if one could work out the dxf -> activex conversion details, I would think that it would be possible. But then again... For now, though, I've got other fish to fry... I sure wish they'd expose a few more mline object properties, though, like justification, and scale. and simply being able to put a StyleName would be most awesome! For now I have to resort to severe subterfuge to accomplish that... Best regards, David Kozina "Jason Piercey" wrote in message news:40734400$1_1@newsprd01... > Looked into this briefly, I'm not sure the majority > of the properties are exposed. Seems that maybe > the only route (lisp wise) would be vanilla. Anyone > else know for sure? > > > -- > Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator > > > "David Kozina" wrote in message > news:4072dfad$1_3@newsprd01... > > > I'm looking for ways to do this with activex stuff... :) > >