Dialog boxes do not respond to Script or toolbar button Macro
commands, and there is no other choice in LT out of the box. Only Full
AutoCAD is designed for that level of customization and entity access.
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"Scott Norton" wrote in message
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> I have the following script, which I'm using to prepare a drawing for
> import into our desktop publishing system.
>
> ;---- Start script ----
> modemacro 3... 2... 1...
> qaflags 1
> explode 'filter all
>
>
> modemacro Kaboom!
> ;---- End script ----
>
> The script, when coupled with the correct filter, explodes all leaders
> and all hatch patterns except "SOLID". My problem is that the 'filter
> command brings up the filter dialog, where the user needs to choose the
> correct filter. I'd like to be able to run the script in hands-off
> mode, but I can find no way to specify the name of the filter to use on
> the command line.
>
> My ultimate goal to to use this script together with a script generator
> like Multi-Batch or Hurricane to automate the conversion of a large
> number of files. But the best I can do right now is to have the user
> hit "Apply" in the filter dialog box once for each file.
>
> We are using AutoCAD LT 2002 on a Wintel PC with Windows NT 4.
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