vla-put-AttachmentPoint

[dvertz]

Once again, I'm stuck.

I am trying to set the justification on MTEXT.

So I created the mtext with "vla-AddMtext" and assigned it to the variable "VLA:OBJECT".

Then I assign (setq INT:JUSTIFY 5)

But using this code "(vla-put-AttachmentPoint VLA:OBJECT INT:JUSTIFY)" I get "; error: ActiveX Server returned the error: unknown name: AttachmentPoint".

According to the help file at: https://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-FD7EDA56-7FA0-4616-A746-9B97AE0C6456

"AttachmentPoint" is the correct name for the property.

So I did a "(dumpallproperties (car (entsel)))" and this returns "Attachment (type: AcDbMText::AttachmentPoint) (LocalName: Justify) = 1".

So, if I assume that "Attachment" is really the correct property and use "(vla-put-Attachment VLA:OBJECT INT:JUSTIFY)" then I get "; error: no function definition: VLA-PUT-ATTACHMENT".

So, how do I "put" the justification on MTEXT?

[komondormrex]

try that way

(vla-put-attachmentpoint VLA:OBJECT  INT:JUSTIFY)

[dvertz]

Thanks for the suggestion. The only difference I saw was capitalization. I was sure that wouldn't be the issue, but I tried it anyway. It responds with the exact same error (capitalization and all).

[Moshe-A]

@dvertz hi,

Make sure you do not have any restrictions for that mtext like you putting it on locked layer?!

i give it a try (on R2022) on model space and it worked also inside a block and it worked.

Moshe

[komondormrex]

capitalization has no difference, but consider attachment vs attachmentpoint.

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

don't mix vl obj terms with lisp terms...sometimes they're the same other times they're not

for example use the following method to get vl dump:

(vlax-dump-object (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object (car(entsel)))))

Then the following should return current setting:

(vla-get-attachmentpoint obj)

 To change use what you've shown:

(vla-put-attachmentpoint obj 5)

Then the lisp dump method is as you've shown:

(dumpallproperties (setq en(car(entsel))))

Then use the following to get the value:

(getpropertyvalue en "attachment")

Then the following to set the value:

(setpropertyvalue en "attachment" 5)

Supported values for MTEXT are:

 1 = acTopLeft 2 = acTopCenter 3 = acTopRight
 4 = acMiddleLeft 5 = acMiddleCenter 6 = acMiddleRight
 7 = acBottomLeft 8 = acBottomCenter 9 = acBottomRight

[Kent1Cooper]

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@dvertz wrote:

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Then I assign (setq INT:JUSTIFY 5)

But using this code "(vla-put-AttachmentPoint VLA:OBJECT INT:JUSTIFY)" I get "; error: ActiveX Server returned the error: unknown name: AttachmentPoint". ....

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That format works for me.  So does this, which you might try instead:

(vlax-put-property VLA:OBJECT 'attachmentpoint INT:JUSTIFY)

If that doesn't work either, I don't know what to suggest.  The locked-layer possibility can't be it, because if that's the problem, the error message is specific about it.