topic Re: Problem with Legacy Image Tile Menus and the Ribbon in AutoCAD Forum

Problem with Legacy Image Tile Menus and the Ribbon

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:28:48 GMT

Hi all,

I have a problem with legacy Image Tile Menus in my Enterprise menu.

I've noticed that when I attempt to open an Image Tile Menu from the Ribbon, I get a blank Image Tile Menu:

However, if I then try to open an Image Tile Menu from a Pull-Down Menu, the Image Tile Menu appears as expected:

Then, after I've successfully displayed any Image Tile Menu from a Pull-Down menu, all Image Tile Menus display properly when opened from the Ribbon.

The macro syntax in the CUI is the same on the Ribbon and Pull-Down:

$I=image_gh-mech-ex-sd $I=*

Has anyone else noticed this or figured out how to get the Image Tile Menu to open from the Ribbon on the first try?

Re: Problem with Legacy Image Tile Menus and the Ribbon

pendean — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:15:28 GMT

This is just a question, not a comment, about your workflows: is there any reason why you've not moved to ToolPalettes or perhaps just ADCENTER after 20+years?

Re: Problem with Legacy Image Tile Menus and the Ribbon

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:57:52 GMT

Very good point 🙂

This is an inherited issue, and while I've made sweeping changes to many of our menus and standards over the last 6 years, there are numerous Image Tile Menus to change.

Also, every Image Tile, doesn't just insert a block, but also performs several lisp routines as part of its macro (e.g. automatically inserts at the appropriate scale if required, sets a layer, populates an attribute, etc).

I've made Tool Palettes for all of the Image Tile Menus about a year ago, but they don't quite work the same way.

I'm currently investigating the new Block Palettes feature in ACAD 2020 - hopefully there is something there that will solve this and we can switch over to that.

Re: Problem with Legacy Image Tile Menus and the Ribbon

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:35:38 GMT

FWIW, I figured out that the issue may be that the Image Tile Menus are in a partial customization file (my Enterprise Menu).

I was able to get Image Tile Menus to display via the Ribbon (and Toolpalettes) by including my partial menu name before the Image Tile Menu name:

(menucmd "I=gh-menu-acad.IMAGE_GH-MECH-NEW-SD")(menucmd "I=*")