Hudson Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Is there a relatively easy way to bring up some sort of graphical output box (like the prompt command I guess) that remains open & update-able during a programs execution? Thanks, Andrew Quote
Lee Mac Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Do you mean through a dialog box or using the (textscr) function? Quote
Hudson Posted September 9, 2009 Author Posted September 9, 2009 Well... I'm not married to any way to do it. If there was some way I could bring up a box of any kind that I could display information in, that would be golden. Quote
Lee Mac Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Well, I sometimes use the command window (activated by (textscr)) See here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39457 Quote
Hudson Posted September 9, 2009 Author Posted September 9, 2009 Well, I sometimes use the command window (activated by (textscr)) See here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39457 Thanks Lee, I didn't actually find the reference in that link.. but I've figured the command out. Is there a way I can bring that window up, but not make it current.. say always on top and then go back to using autocad within a program? Quote
Hudson Posted September 9, 2009 Author Posted September 9, 2009 I suppose I will have to learn how to work with dialogue boxes. Quote
JohnM Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 you would have to use VBA or opendcl. all lisp dialog boxes are modal which means they assume focus and have to close when autocad is accessed. i use opendcl for my dialog boxes and they have a modeless boxes that will stay open during autocad operations. look at opendcl.com Quote
gile Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 I suppose I will have to learn how to work with dialogue boxes. Hi, There're two type of dialog boxes : modal or modeless. Modal dialog boxes have to be closed before continuing to other tasks. It just can be hidden during a selection for example (i.e. the Htch dialog box). Modeless dialog boxes continue displaying during other tasks (i.e. Palettes) The DCL language provided with AutoCAD allows only to create modal dialog boxes. If I don't misunderstand what you want to do, you need a modeless one. To create this kind of dialog box, you need to use OpenDCL or a lower level language (C#, VB.net, C++...). Quote
Hudson Posted September 9, 2009 Author Posted September 9, 2009 Thanks, I indeed want a modeless box.. I'm downloading OpenDCL right now. More things to figure out and keep me out of trouble Quote
Hudson Posted September 10, 2009 Author Posted September 10, 2009 Ok this OpenDCL is amazing.. it took me a while to figure out how to get the odcl project to reload after I had made some changes to the master demo. But this stuff is cool Quote
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