Macro Help

Hi,

I'm trying to write a macro so that I can set a layer then set the dimscale then dimstyle and the finally a linear dim command.

However the dimtyle i require to use has spaces in which in cad are presumed as the enter key. I hope someone can help me with this. I show below the dimstyle name and macro command i have written so far. I've also tried putting it in " " marks but that doesn't work.

2-5 TEXT - SCALE 5(mm)

^C^C-LAYER;SET;S060_D_X_DIMS;;-DIMSTYLE;RESTORE;2-5 TEXT - SCALE 5(mm);DIMSCALE;5;DIMLINEAR;\\\

Cheers

Paul

Can't you rename the DimStyle by substituting the underscore character for the spaces? Wouldn't that be easier?

I believe the RENAME command can be used to rename a DimStyle.

That would be the easiest answer, and is what I would normally do, however in this circumstance I work for a global company which have these set as a standard and i'm not allowed to edit them. Hence my problem.

Thanks for the additional information.

It's been a while since I've written a macro but I seem to recall you could use a tilde ( ~ ) in lieu of a space. Try it and let me know if it works.

OK...now I'm not so sure.

I also read this in response to a similar question:

"You CAN use a blank space in your macro. The trick is to enclose the path and file name in quotes." Courtesy of pmedina at the AUGI Discussion Forums.