Specifies the color of the crosshairs and text for paper space layouts.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
object.LayoutCrosshairColor
Type: PreferencesDisplay
The object this property applies to.
Read-only: No
Type: OLE_COLOR (constant)
The initial value for this property is the Windows standard text color.
To specify the crosshairs color for the model space layout, use the ModelCrosshairColor property.
VBA:
Sub Example_LayoutCrosshairColor() ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ' the color of the crosshairs and text for paper space layouts. ' When finished, this example resets the preference value back to ' its original value. Dim ACADPref As AcadPreferencesDisplay Dim originalValue As Variant, newValue As Variant ' Get the display preferences object Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences.Display ' Switch to paper space to view this change ThisDrawing.ActiveSpace = acPaperSpace ' Read and display the original value originalValue = ACADPref.LayoutCrosshairColor MsgBox "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference is: " & originalValue ' Modify the LayoutCrosshairColor preference by making it red ACADPref.LayoutCrosshairColor = vbRed newValue = ACADPref.LayoutCrosshairColor ThisDrawing.Regen acAllViewports MsgBox "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference has been set to: " & newValue ' Reset the preference back to its original value ' ' * Note: Comment out this last section to leave the change to ' this preference in effect ACADPref.LayoutCrosshairColor = originalValue ThisDrawing.Regen acAllViewports MsgBox "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference was reset back to: " & originalValue End Sub
Visual LISP:
(vl-load-com) (defun c:Example_LayoutCrosshairColor() ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ;; the color of the crosshairs and text for paper space layouts. ;; When finished, this example resets the preference value back to ;; its original value. (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq preferences (vla-get-Preferences acadObj)) ;; Switch to paper space to view this change (vla-put-ActiveSpace doc acPaperSpace) ;; Read and display the original value (setq originalValue (vlax-variant-change-type (vla-get-LayoutCrosshairColor (vla-get-Display preferences)) vlax-vbLong)) (alert (strcat "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference is: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value originalValue)))) ;; Modify the LayoutCrosshairColor preference by making it red (vla-put-LayoutCrosshairColor (vla-get-Display preferences) (vlax-make-variant acRed 19)) (setq newValue (vlax-variant-change-type (vla-get-LayoutCrosshairColor (vla-get-Display preferences)) vlax-vbLong)) (vla-Regen doc acAllViewports) (alert (strcat "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference has been set to: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value newValue)))) ;; Reset the preference back to its original value ;; ;; * Note: Comment out this last section to leave the change to ;; this preference in effect (vla-put-LayoutCrosshairColor (vla-get-Display preferences) (vlax-variant-change-type originalValue 19)) (vla-Regen doc acAllViewports) (alert (strcat "The LayoutCrosshairColor preference was reset back to: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value originalValue)))) )