(vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1) does NOT reset origins
Dieter Sackmann
With the extreme help from R. Robert Bell yesterday, I have made fantastic
headway on my custom AutoPLOT command.
All is working fantastic... with the following exception:
When setting (vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1), the drawing IS set to plot
centered... However, the X: and Y: Plot Origin values are not reset.
If I go into PAGESETUP from AutoCAD's command line and reselect the Plot
Sheet the X: and Y: Plot Origin values automatically update.
My question of the day:
Should the X: and Y: Plot Origin values update automatically when I issue
the (vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1), or MUST I set the Plot Origin value myself
????
Any assistance in this matter (as always ) will be greatly appreciated.
___________________________________________________________
Dieter Sackmann
NETWORK MANAGER / CADD TECH.
LM ARCHITECTURAL GROUP
300 - 290 Vaughan Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 2L9
www.lm-architects.com
Tel: 204.942.0681
Fax: 204.943.8676
R. Robert Bell
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www.AcadX.com
"Dieter Sackmann" <dsac...@lm-architects.com> wrote in message
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Dieter Sackmann
Yes I have... Below is the sequence in which I issue my vla- commands:
(vla-RefreshPlotDeviceInfo ALAY)
(vla-Put-Configname ALAY OUTPUT);; #pc3filename#)
(setq canon_name (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value
(vla-GetCanonicalMediaNames ALAY)))
paper_size (mapcar '(lambda (x) (vla-GetLocaleMediaName ALAY
x)) canon_name)
)
(setq #ctbfilename#
(if (cdr(assoc "CTB" (cadr CUR_SET)))
(nth (atoi(cdr(assoc "CTB" (cadr CUR_SET)))) V:CTBL)
"LMAG.ctb"
)
)
(vla-Put-StyleSheet ALAY #ctbfilename#)
(vla-Put-PlotRotation ALAY V:OR)
(setq #papersize# (nth (- (length paper_size)(length(member #papersize#
paper_size))) canon_name))
(vla-Put-PaperUnits ALAY (if (ISMTRC) acMillimeters acInches));;
0=inches 1=millimeters
(vla-Put-CanonicalMediaName ALAY #papersize#)
(vla-Put-PlotHidden ALAY 0)
(vla-Put-PlotViewportBorders ALAY 0)
(vla-Put-PlotViewportsFirst ALAY 1)
(vla-Put-PlotWithPlotStyles ALAY 1)
(vla-Put-PlotWithLineweights ALAY 1)
(vla-Put-ScaleLineweights ALAY 0)
(vla-Put-ShowPlotStyles ALAY 1)
(vla-SetWindowToPlot ALAY p1 p2)
(vla-Put-PlotType ALAY acWindow)
(vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1)
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"R. Robert Bell" <NOT.r...@acadx.com> wrote in message
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Dieter Sackmann
RefreshPlotDeviceInfo before and after the call to the ConfigName property,
still nothing... according to the ActiveX and VBA Reference it states:
"Use the RefreshPlotDeviceInfo method before trying to change the ConfigName
property."
Very odd... Any other thoughts ??? Anyone...
"R. Robert Bell" <NOT.r...@acadx.com> wrote in message
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> Shouldn't the refresh come *after* loading the pc3?
R. Robert Bell
--
R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com
"Dieter Sackmann" <dsac...@lm-architects.com> wrote in message
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Dieter Sackmann
???
>> When setting (vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1), the drawing IS set to
>> plot centered... However, the X: and Y: Plot Origin values are not
>> reset. If I go into PAGESETUP from AutoCAD's command line
>> and reselect the Plot. Sheet the X: and Y: Plot Origin values
>> automatically update.
>>
>> Should the X: and Y: Plot Origin values update automatically when
>> I issue the (vla-Put-CenterPlot ALAY 1), or MUST I set the Plot
>> Origin value myself ?
Going on the assumption that I would need to set the Plot Origin Values
myself, I proceeded to extract the PaperMargins with the following vla-
method:
(vla-GetPaperMargins ALAY 'LL 'UR)
to which AutoCAD happily returns #<safearray...> (two-element array of
doubles) for both LL and UR... I then continue by issuing the following
vlax: function to convert LL and UR to lists
(vlax-safearray->list LL) and (vlax-safearray->list UR)
BUT ALAS.... I'M CORNERED AGAIN... Both return lists of (0.0 0.0)
Am I doing something wrong ???
Please, any assistance will be greatly appreciated.