toolbar button for dimension

[jakob_k]

hi,
i know a toolpalette button will create a dimension and then return to the original working layer. i'm trying to create a toolbar button (not palette) to do the same. i can perform stuff before the dimension command, but i'm not able to add anything after the dimension(dimaligned) is envoked.

example:

^C^C(load "C:/LISP/Check-Layer.lsp")(Check-Layer "DIM");-dimstyle;restore;dim_oblique;_dimaligned;


any ideas?
karl

[RobertB]

You have to wrap the whole thing in Visual LISP code so that you can handle an unknown number of user actions before restoring the original layer.

Or you need to create an event handler/reactor to modify the layer of dimension objects after they have been added.

[jakob_k]

oh crumbs...

thank you though. i was suspecting this.
karl

[irneb]

Or just add the following:
^C^C(load "C:/LISP/Check-Layer.lsp")(Check-Layer "DIM");-dimstyle;restore;dim_oblique;_dimaligned;
(while (= (logand (getvar "CMDACTIVE") 1) 1) (command pause));
The stuff you want to do after the user completes here

[RobertB]

Good point. Why didn't I think of that?!