Executes the current query.
(ade_qryexecute)
Returns the number of queried objects (real). If none, it returns 0.0.
Executing a query makes a new selection set of the queried objects if the "MkSelSetWithQryObj" option is turned on, as follows:
(ade_prefsetval "MkSelSetWithQryObj" T)
The query runs slower in this case because of the extra work involved.
The following code captures the ID of a selection set created by executing the current query.
(ade_prefsetval "MkSelSetWithQryObj" T)
(if (> (ade_qryexecute) 0.0)
(setq queried_objects (ssget "P"))
(princ "\nNo objects found.")
)
(ade_prefsetval "MkSelSetWithQryObj" nil)
The "P" argument in the ssget call identifies the "previous" selection set (the objects currently or most recently selected).
Note Whenever you create a selection set, you replace the previous selection set. Make sure you know which objects you are getting.