simulate pressing a key while grread is active?

[cadomatic]

Hi,

I have a function that uses grread.

While grread is running, I use a key to manipulate the cursor shape.

I want to add the option to use a ribbon button for this as well.

However, if I add a macro for the button, such as "R," it terminates grread.

Is it possible to use a button macro as an option trigger for a command line command? Specifically, can the button simply simulate pressing "R" while grread is active?

thanks

S

[komondormrex]

hey,

i think it shouldn't terminate grread, but you cannot distinguish the macro itself because grread will give you sort of (11 -1) on every toolbar or ribbon item click. so technically, you can switch cursors by clicking on any toolbar or ribbon item. you also can use right-click for that purpose.

[cadomatic]

what is 11-1? 

the macro in the button terminates grread. 

my grread used R to manipulate action , if i macro R in the button, it terminates grread and calling redraw

[komondormrex]

that is what grread returns.

[cadomatic]

i dont understand. 

what is the meaning of 11-1 returned by grread?

and what it have to do with the original problem?

[komondormrex]

you catch that list while grread is active and switch cursor then.

[cadomatic]

im not sure we are taking about the same thing.

with grread active , user can press a key to do something. 

i want to allow the user to press a button instead of using that key.

but when i try , the grread is terminated. autocad treat that as a new command and not as a key pressed while grread is running.

[komondormrex]

are you going to use grread's curtype argument to change cursor or draw extra exotic self drawn one?

[cadomatic]

grread is used to attach a rectangle to the cursor. pressing R rortate that rectangle

[komondormrex]

some similar to this? right-click rotation. 

[cadomatic]

kind of. do you press any key to rotate it? 

let say you press R , but i cant set a button that simulate pressing R