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initdia

Forces the display of the next command's dialog box

(initdia [dialogflag])

Currently, the following commands make use of the initdia function: ATTDEF, ATTEXT, BHATCH, BLOCK, COLOR, IMAGE, IMAGEADJUST, INSERT, LAYER, LINETYPE, MTEXT, PLOT, RENAME, STYLE, TOOLBAR, and VIEW.

Arguments

dialogflag

An integer. If this argument is not present or is present and nonzero, the next use (and next use only) of a command will display that command's dialog box rather than its command line prompts.

If dialogflag is zero, any previous call to this function is cleared, restoring the default behavior of presenting the command line interface.

Return Values

nil

Examples

Issue the PLOT command without calling initdia first:

Command: (command "_.PLOT")

plot

Enter a layout name <Model>: nil

Enter a layout name <Model>:

AutoCAD prompts for user input in the command window.

Use the following sequence of function calls to make AutoCAD display the Plot dialog box:

(initdia)

(command "_.PLOT")