topic Re: Help on the get-item function in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

Help on the get-item function

eula — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:11:24 GMT

Can someone tell me why the following routine doesn't work?

(defun PopMenu-MenuBar-p (name / mbar i found)
(setq mbar (vla-get-Menubar (vlax-get-Acad-object)) i 0)
(while (and (not found) (< i (1- (vla-get-count mbar))))
(if (= (strcase name) (strcase (vla-get-name (get-item mbar i))))
(setq found T)
)
(setq i (1+ i))
)
(vlax-release-object mbar)
found
)

Re: Help on the get-item function

Kent1Cooper — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:23:35 GMT

AutoLisp has no (get-item) function.

Re: Help on the get-item function

eula — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:45:52 GMT

How can I replace that function?

Re: Help on the get-item function

paullimapa — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:31:28 GMT

Is your purpose to retrieve a command from a toolbar?

This link should provide you some examples

http://mac.bb-mac.com/help/books/lsp/Visual%20Lisp%20Example/onmenubar.htm

Re: Help on the get-item function

eula — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:19:52 GMT

Thanks, the previous reference was very helpful. Could you give me a reference for creating panels and tabs?

Re: Help on the get-item function

paullimapa — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:23:28 GMT

not sure if this can be done using lisp but here's an example using dot net to add an text box in the ribbon:

https://www.keanw.com/2011/09/adding-a-textbox-to-autocads-ribbon-using-net.html

Re: Help on the get-item function

Sea-Haven — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 01:46:06 GMT

There is a lot of youtube videos out there about editing ribbons using the "CUI" option, Custom POP & Toolbar menu's can be made using Notepad. The ribbon is contained within a zipped CUIX file, it has multiple XML files in that zipped file, making a new ribbon menu is not straight forward from an external process. Copy a CUIX and change its file type to zip and can then look inside it.

Re: Help on the get-item function

eula — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 01:51:06 GMT

Tanks a lot