vlax-get-property

vlax-get-or-create-object

V Functions

vlax-import-type-library

 

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vlax-get-property

Retrieves a VLA-object's property

(vlax-get-property object property)

This function was formerly known as vlax-get.

Arguments

object

A VLA-object.

property

A symbol or string naming the property to be retrieved.

Return Values

The value of the object's property.

Examples

Begin by retrieving a pointer to the root AutoCAD object:

_$ (setq acadObject (vlax-get-acad-object))

#<VLA-OBJECT IAcadApplication 00a4b2b4>

Get the AutoCAD ActiveDocument property:

_$ (setq acadDocument (vlax-get-property
acadObject 'ActiveDocument))

#<VLA-OBJECT IAcadDocument 00302a18>

The function returns the current document object.

Get the ModelSpace property of the ActiveDocument object:

_$ (setq mSpace (vlax-get-property
acadDocument 'Modelspace))

#<VLA-OBJECT IAcadModelSpace 00c14b44>

The model space object of the current document is returned.

Convert a drawing entity to a VLA-object:

_$ (setq vlaobj (vlax-ename->vla-object
e))

#<VLA-OBJECT IAcadLWPolyline 0467114c>

Get the color property of the object:

_$ (vlax-get-property vlaobj
'Color)

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