Has highlighting been retired?

[john.uhden]

I am trying to highlight an entity just selected via entsel so that the user has a visual confirmation of what entity he selected.  The objects are almost always LWPOLYLINES with a little global width.

Well, I've tried both ways...

(redraw e 3)

(vla-highlight object :vlax-true)

but neither is working.

Maybe there is some setting I need to change?

I'm using C3D 2020.

[Kent1Cooper]

Maybe a too-obvious question, but what is 'e'?  If that's a variable holding what (entsel) returns [your "just selected via entsel" but not processed further?], you would [I assume you already know this] need to use (car e) instead.  And of course, similarly, what is 'object'?  If 'e' is in fact an entity name, and 'object' is in fact a VLA object, either approach works for me in Acad2020.

[john.uhden]

@Kent1Cooper ,

I am dismayed that you think I don't know.

I guess I'll close and restart AutoCAD.  Maybe even reboot.

[dbroad]

Works in AutoCAD 2023.

[Sea-Haven · Accepted solution]

My $0.05 

(vla-highlight  (setq e (vlax-ename->vla-object (car  (entsel "Pick obj")))) :vlax-true)

[john.uhden]

@Sea-Haven ,

$0.05?  Inflation is rampant!

Here's mine...

(defun @process (e / obj oldz newz)
  (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object e))
  (redraw e 3)
  (and ...

BTW, today it's working?!?