topic Re: Use return value of command to fill a title block in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

Use return value of command to fill a title block

Schierz — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:34:55 GMT

Hi,

I would like to enter a title block into a drawing. The value of the title block should be determined by my own ARX function (or variable).

How would I do that?

My ARX function returns a string:

Cheers,

Rudiger

Re: Use return value of command to fill a title block

rkmcswain — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:38:21 GMT

What do you mean by "the value of the title block"?

Do you mean you want to push the string returned by your function into a TEXT or MTEXT object?

Re: Use return value of command to fill a title block

Schierz — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:47:10 GMT

Yes, I want to push it to an MTEXT object. The idea was, to use a title block to do so, like a system variable, but my own varible or the result of my function, i.e. like the modemacro system variable:

Re: Use return value of command to fill a title block

Schierz — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:37:50 GMT

I found a solution by myself.

Solution: Use a lisp variable to push the output of an ObjectARX function to a title block.

1. The function `phgetscaltext' returns a string. Push the result of `phgetscaltext' to a lisp variable, i.e. phscale:

2. By creating an mtext, insert the lisp variable phscale as title block into the mtext:

3. After changing the internal value:

4. I call my function to change the lisp variable phscale and the _regen to update the title block: