Current Plot device?

[ccowgill]

does anyone know how do find out what the current output device is in an AutoCAD drawing? I am trying to create a program that will plot to file if a certain plot device is specified, and need to know what to check for.

   (command "-PLOT"	"N" ;Detailed plot configuration? [Yes/No] <No>: N
	 ""   ;Enter a layout name or [?] <Layout1>:
				   ""				   ;Enter a page setup name <>:
				   ""				   ;Enter an output device name or [?] <current>: I would like to check this.
	 "y"   ;Write the plot to a file [Yes/No] <N>: y
	 file   ;Enter file name <maverickengineeringx5405RCp01001-Layout1.PLT>:
	 "N"   ;Save changes to page setup [Yes/No]? <N> n
	 "y"   ;Proceed with plot [Yes/No] <Y>:
	)

[rkmcswain]

Try this:

(vla-get-ConfigName (vla-get-activelayout (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))))

[ccowgill]

that worked perfectly, thanks

[rkmcswain]

Keep in mind that IF you start to use a few functions or code that need access to the Active-X objects, you might want to create a function (such as the ones in the Developer Help*) that hold references to "acad" "active-document" "acad-preferences", etc., so that you aren't making these calls over and over.

* Open the Developer Help (acad_dev.chm) and search for "Performance Considerations"

[ccowgill]

Try this:

(setq outdev (vla-get-ConfigName (vla-get-activelayout (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))))

when I use this line of code and inspect outdev, it puts the word "Space" where a blank " " should be, this is affecting my statement to check to see if outdev is equal to "ALL SIZES KIP PLOTTER.pc3" and so it never considers it equal. How do I fix this?

[rkmcswain]

when I use this line of code and inspect outdev, it puts the word "Space" where a blank " " should be, this is affecting my statement to check to see if outdev is equal to "ALL SIZES KIP PLOTTER.pc3" and so it never considers it equal. How do I fix this?

So it says ""ALLspaceSIZESspaceKIPspacePLOTTER.pc3" ?

[ccowgill]

it had Space in the blank in VLIDE where I right clicked and inspected the variable after running the program, however on the command line when I checked the variable !outdev it shows up fine.

The funny thing is, it was working fine earlier today, no it isn't, I dont know what the problem is.

both drawings are using the same page setup to print, so the output device should be identical. they are using the same naming convention, just are different projects in different folders.