field of arrangement (order) of tab?

[mohandis2]

ctab is a system variable of current tab, great.

Is there a similar variable that gives the arrangement (order) of the tab (tab position)?

for example:

1 for first tab

3 for 3rd tab

5 for 5th tab and so on.

if not, is there any work around (lisp)?  

Thanks.

[CodeDing]

@mohandis2 ,

Here is the lisp to get what you're looking for:

(vlax-get-property (vla-get-ActiveLayout (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) 'TabOrder)

Best,

~DD

[mohandis2]

invalid field code

[pendean]

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@mohandis2 wrote:

invalid field code

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I suspect that LISP code does not run in FIEILD's pop-up

Since you did ask

Are you needing it be an option only in that FIELD dialog box?

How many tabs do you have? Any reason you don't use SSM (SheetSet Manager) and it's tools to do what you seek instead?

[mohandis2]

this filed will be an attribute in title block as Sheet# here (Sheet# of Nbr_of_Sheets)

I have about 20 sheets

I'm not using SSM because it is not being used in our office.

[CodeDing]

I do not think there is a way to create a FIELD to accomplish what you're looking for...

UNLESS you rename your current tabs to their corresponding numbers (1, 2, 3, etc...)

[paullimapa]

perhaps try the tabnumber.lsp found here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/auto-renaming-page-number-in-layouts...

and changed to pick Attribute in response to:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/automatic-current-sheet-numbering-in...

Modified from:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/lisp-auto-page-number-layout-tabs/m-...

[mohandis2]

here is what we use to achieve that, if my sheet is D07_20

this field gives me the number 20

$(substr,$(getvar,ctab),$(-,$(strlen,$(getvar,ctab)),1))

the only problem here is that I have to name my sheet with a suffix _20 manually, I want to automat it so that the number 20 varies and reflects the position of my sheet in the sheets list.

[Sea-Haven]

An alternative method is you can do a "sheetnum of sheets", using a lisp to update say 2 Title block attributes, just run any time, can do suffix prefix etc. Lots of examples out there. Won't go into it now but can trigger when you do a close or save.