Selection, Group, Move set by window selection

[emreakyazicigsl]

Hey everyone, since couple months, i'm working on Excel VBA, in order to process my data and get couple of advantages but in different projects, I always had problem on this step.

I try to create a group by coordinates of lines but when zoom window is greater, I always had problem. I tried to add zoom command too but i had to take different parts of locations in drawing while creating group, therefore, this is not an option. I thought that I may move initially and then create groups but in the window selection, I had same problems, when zoom is not enough, system clicks to another item in drawing and crashes eventually. I need to learn window selection with precise location no matter zoom rate or if another item exists near to the selection point, according to zoom rate. 

*During video, i wrote

-group create x y (Enter)

17179,1193 17411,1053  (coordinates of window selection)

In second case, since there is no other object any close to selection points it worked but I need to apply them with a myriad of cases, therefore the zoom rate and other objects should not affect.

The problem is same for move command too.

Please help, I'm about to lose my mind. Thanks.

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@emreakyazicigsl wrote:

.... create groups but in the window selection, I had same problems, when zoom is not enough, system clicks to another item in drawing ....

*During video, i wrote

-group create x y (Enter)

17179, 1193 17411,1053  (coordinates of window selection)

....

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[It's hard to tell what's happening in the video, without seeing the Command line.]

Try calling explicitly for the Window option before giving the coordinates [which should have no space after the comma]:

-group create x y (Enter)

_window 17179,1193 17411,1053  (coordinates of window selection)

Then it will know that the first location is to be the corner of a window, and it will not select another item that happens to be within pickbox distance from there.

[emreakyazicigsl]

There is no space after comma in my application but in here, I had a mistake. Thank you soooooo much your help, you literally saved my life. I got a following question, if you can help me, it's gonna be amazing day:

In these groups, I got blocks with same attribute tags, is there a way to change the "Value" of attribute with a code or command or lisp?

[Kent1Cooper]

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@emreakyazicigsl wrote:

.... I got blocks with same attribute tags, is there a way to change the "Value" of attribute with a code or command or lisp?

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I'm sure there is, but I use Attributes so seldom that I'm not a good resource for working with them.  Maybe someone else will jump in, but you could Search for terms like "change Attribute" in the Customization Forum, and will probably find things.

[emreakyazicigsl]

Okey, thanks for your help, you literally saved my day. Thank you so so much again.