Specifies whether or not plot styles and plot style names are displayed in the drawing.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
object.ShowPlotStyles
Type: Layout, PlotConfiguration
The objects this property applies to.
Read-only: No
Type: Boolean
The ShowPlotStyles property is equivalent to the Display Plot Styles option in AutoCAD.
VBA:
Sub Example_ShowPlotStyles() ' This example reads and modifies the ShowPlotStyles ' value, and then regenerates all viewports. Dim ACADLayout As ACADLayout Dim originalValue As Boolean ' Get the layout object Set ACADLayout = ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout ' Read and display the original value originalValue = ACADLayout.ShowPlotStyles MsgBox "The ShowPlotStyles value is set to: " & originalValue ' Modify the ShowPlotStyles preference by changing the value ACADLayout.ShowPlotStyles = Not ACADLayout.ShowPlotStyles MsgBox "The ShowPlotStyles value has been set to: " & ACADLayout.ShowPlotStyles ' Regenerate viewports ThisDrawing.Regen acAllViewports End Sub
Visual LISP:
(vl-load-com) (defun c:Example_ShowPlotStyles() ;; This example reads and modifies the ShowPlotStyles ;; value, and then regenerates all viewports. (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj)) ;; Get the layout object (setq ACADLayout (vla-get-ActiveLayout doc)) ;; Read and display the original value (setq originalValue (vla-get-ShowPlotStyles ACADLayout)) (alert (strcat "The ShowPlotStyles value is set to: " (if (= originalValue :vlax-true) "True" "False"))) ;; Modify the ShowPlotStyles preference by changing the value (vla-put-ShowPlotStyles ACADLayout (if (= originalValue :vlax-true) :vlax-false :vlax-true)) (alert (strcat "The ShowPlotStyles value has been set to: " (if (= (vla-get-ShowPlotStyles ACADLayout) :vlax-true) "True" "False"))) ;; Regenerate viewports (vla-Regen doc acAllViewports) )