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FAQs will help you to find answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor.
Question: How do I get my menu customization from a previous release to work in the new release?
Answer: In past releases this had to be done through a text editor, such as Notepad. With the CUI Editor, you use the Transfer tab to browse and select your MNS/MNU or CUI file that contains your menu customization. Once the previous customization file has been selected, you drag the user interface elements between two CUI files. See To transfer customizations for more information.
Question: How do I create a new command and add it to a user interface element, such as a pull-down menu?
Answer: Commands are created and managed through the Command List pane located in the lower-left corner of the Customize tab of the CUI Editor. See To create a command for more information.
Once the command has been created, it can be added to or used to create a number of different user interface elements. To add the command to a menu for example, expand the menu under the Menus node in the Customizations In <file name> pane that you want to add the command to and then drag the command under the menu. See To create a pull-down menu for more information.
Question: Why doesn’t my menu display on the menu browser or menu bar?
Answer: Workspaces are used to control the display of menus on the menu browser and menu bar. See To display menus on the menu browser or menu bar for more information.
Question: How do I change the order of a pull-down menu?
Answer: Workspaces are used to control the positioning of menus on the menu browser and menu bar. See To reposition menus on the menu browser or menu bar for more information.
Question: Why do my toolbars not stay in the same place after I close and restart AutoCAD 2009?
Answer: This happens because of the way menus are loaded into AutoCAD at startup. This problem only happens when partial and enterprise CUI files are used. To resolve this problem, you can use the new /w command line switch. This causes AutoCAD 2009 to re-initialize the workspace upon startup and place the toolbars in their correct locations. See To restore a workspace with a command line switch for more information.
Question: Why do my icons on a toolbar display as a cloud with a question mark after I migrate them using the Transfer tab in the CUI Editor?
Answer: This happens because the images for the custom icons are not located in the AutoCAD support file paths. Locate the images using Windows Explorer and add the images location to the Support File Search Path node under the Files tab of the Options dialog box, or copy them into the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<user profile name>\Application Data\Autodesk\<product name>\<release number>\<language>\Support\Icons.
Question: Why does my toolbar flyout not work?
Answer: A flyout might not work for a few different reasons. There might not be any commands currently assigned to the toolbar that it is referencing or a control is part of the toolbar that is being referenced for the toolbar flyout. Launch the CUI Editor and verify that there are commands on the toolbar that is being referenced and if there are, make sure there are no controls on the toolbar such as the Layer list control.
Question: Why do I get an AutoCAD message box when I try to use a toolbar flyout?
Answer: The AutoCAD message box is displayed because the toolbar that is being referenced for the toolbar flyout is not found. AutoCAD can’t find the toolbar because it no longer exists, is not currently loaded because the partial CUI file it is in is not loaded, or the alias for the toolbar has been changed.
Launch the CUI Editor and select the flyout on the toolbar that currently is not working properly. In the Properties pane look at the Source Toolbar property. Use the Find option to look for a toolbar element with an alias that matches the text string in the Source Toolbar property of the flyout that does not work. If one is not located, remove the flyout from the toolbar and drag the toolbar that you want to reference as a flyout on the toolbar. Close the CUI Editor. The flyout should now work correctly once again.
Question: When I double-click an object nothing happens. Why is this happening?
Answer: There are a few different reasons why when double-clicking on an object in the drawing nothing happens. The first and most common problem is with the system variable PICKFIRST is set to 0. PICKFIRST must be set to a value of 1 in order for double-click editing to work. The next possible solution is that double-click editing has been disabled. Double-click editing is controlled by the system variable DBLCLKEDIT. If it is set to 0 it is currently turned off. DBLCLKEDIT should be set to 1.
Question: Why do my changes not appear after I click Apply?
Answer: This happens because the workspace that you made changes to is not the current workspace. To resolve this problem, you need to set the workspace current and then when changes are applied they will appear. See To set a workspace current for more information.
Question: How do I edit an enterprise CUI file if it is read-only in the CUI Editor?
Answer: An enterprise CUI file can only be edited when it is loaded as the main CUI file or as a partial CUI file to the main CUI file. It is recommended that you load it as the main CUI file when you need to make edits. If you are creating a workspace that needs to include user interface elements from the CUI file that is normally designated as the main CUI file, load the main CUI file as the enterprise CUI file. Make edits to the enterprise CUI file. See To modify an enterprise CUI file for more information.