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Dialog Box with Code
In an earlier chapter, I showed you how to construct a dialog box using DCL, and then add the LISP
code to make it work. The dialog box looked like this:
The dialog box displays the current value of three system variables:
• Last point reports the current value of the LastPoint system variable.
• Last angle reports the value of LastAngle (read-only).
• Last prompt reports the value of LastPrompt (read-only).
Title of the dialog box
Names of system variables
and their values
OK button to exit dialog box
Let’s repeat the tutorial, this time using VBA to do both jobs done separately by DCL and LISP before
– designing the dialog box and writing-running the code.
DESIGNING THE DIALOG BOX
Dialog boxes are designed with the VBA programming environment, as follows:
1. Start BricsCAD, and then use the Tools | VBA | Visual Basic for Applications command to open the VBA programming
environment.
2. Start a new Userform. (From the Insert menu, choose UserFrom.) Notice that VBA creates a generic dialog
box named UserForm1.
3. Change the name on the title bar by following these steps:
a. Open the Properties palette. (From the View menu, choose Properties Window.)
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