Inactive Edit boxes in some places in the Dialog box.

[Dayananda]

In my dialog box I am displaying present length of a line in first edit box.

Second edit box I am requesting the required length.

and while that I want to inactive the first edit box.

Please Help

[mhupp]

Make it a text not edit_box

[Steven P]

Here are the options for edit boxes:

 

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-38A11AED-DDF5-4ACA-A8BB-1F7901D0AF50

 

I think if you change is_enabled from true to false it should do what you want, I can't remember jus now how to switch it from one to the other - might be a google thing

[rlx]

you have a command called mode_tile , set it to 0 means enable tile and set it to 1 means disable it. (confusing so think my wife was somehow involved)

 

https://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-23ACCF72-9C6F-45C0-A889-9307CC1210C2

 

lets say your top edit box is called "present_length" , to disable / gray out this edit box you would use (mode_tile "present_length" 1)

in example below I've named the edit boxes "eb1" & "eb2" 

but I have to admit , using a text tile would have been just as easy.

 

(defun tst1 ( $m / f p d r s)
  (if (and (setq f (vl-filename-mktemp ".dcl"))(setq p (open f "w")))
    (progn
      (write-line
        (strcat "adjust :dialog {label =\"" $m "\";"
                ":edit_box {key=\"eb1\";label=\"Present  Length\";}"
                ":edit_box {key=\"eb2\";label=\"Required Length\";}"
                "spacer;ok_cancel;}")
        p
      )
    
      (close p)(gc)
      (setq d (load_dialog f))(new_dialog "adjust" d)
      (action_tile "eb1" "(setq s $value)")
      (action_tile "eb2" "(setq s $value)")
      (action_tile "accept" "(done_dialog 1)")
      (action_tile "cancel" "(done_dialog 0)")

      (set_tile "eb1" "1000")
      (mode_tile "eb1" 1)
    
      (setq r (start_dialog))(unload_dialog d)(vl-file-delete f)
    )
  )
  (if (and (= r 1) (= 'STR (type s)) (/= s "")) s nil)
)

(alert (strcat "Required length : " (vl-princ-to-string (tst1 "Adjust bar 2026"))))

 

Edited January 17 by rlx

[Steven P]

I'd forgotten mode_tile there, yes, that is the one to go for.

[BIGAL]

My $0.05. Why have two edit boxes anyway just display the current value in a single box as you have done. Just edit that value. If you have a limited number of desirable values can put those into make a choice DCL showing the preset values.