Specifies the drawing type for saving the drawing.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
object.SaveAsType
Type: PreferencesOpenSave
The object this property applies to.
Read-only: No
Type: acSaveAsType enum
The initial value for this property is ac2013_dwg. The following values are obsolete:
VBA:
Sub Example_SaveAsType() ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ' the drawing type to save the drawing as. ' When finished, this example resets the preference value back to ' its original value. Dim ACADPref As AcadPreferencesOpenSave Dim originalValue As Variant, DisplayValue As String ' Get the OpenSave preferences object Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences.OpenSave ' Store current setting originalValue = ACADPref.SaveAsType ' Read and display the original value GoSub GETVALUE MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference is: " & DisplayValue ' Modify the SaveAsType preference by changing it to AutoCAD 2000 DWG ACADPref.SaveAsType = ac2000_dwg GoSub GETVALUE MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference has been set to: " & DisplayValue ' Reset the preference back to its original value ' ' Comment out this last section to leave the change to ' the preference in effect ACADPref.SaveAsType = originalValue GoSub GETVALUE MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference was reset back to: " & DisplayValue Exit Sub GETVALUE: ' Convert the value of this setting to a meaningful text string DisplayValue = ACADPref.SaveAsType Select Case DisplayValue Case ac2000_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)" Case acR15_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)" Case ac2000_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)" Case acR15_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)" Case ac2000_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)" Case ac2004_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)" Case acR18_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)" Case ac2004_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)" Case acR18_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)" Case ac2004_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)" Case ac2007_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)" Case ac2007_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)" Case ac2007_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)" Case ac2010_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)" Case ac2010_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)" Case ac2010_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)" Case ac2013_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)" Case ac2013_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)" Case ac2013_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)" Case acR12_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)" Case acR13_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R13 DWG (*.dwg)" Case acR13_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R13 DXF (*.dxf)" Case acR14_dwg: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)" Case acR14_dxf: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R14 DXF (*.dxf)" Case acNative: DisplayValue = "Latest drawing release" Case acUnknown: DisplayValue = "The drawing type is unknown" End Select Return End Sub
Visual LISP:
(defun c:Example_SaveAsType() ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ;; the drawing type to save the drawing as. ;; 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)) ;; Store current setting (setq originalValue (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences))) ;; Read and display the original value (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))) (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference is: " DisplayValue)) ;; Modify the SaveAsType preference by changing it to AutoCAD 2000 DWG (vla-put-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) ac2000_dwg) (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))) (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference has been set to: " DisplayValue)) ;; Reset the preference back to its original value ;; ;; Comment out this last section to leave the change to ;; the preference in effect (vla-put-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) originalValue) (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))) (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference was reset back to: " DisplayValue)) ) (defun SaveAsTypeMsg (DisplayValue / ) ;; Convert the value of this setting to a meaningful text string (cond ((or (= DisplayValue ac2000_dwg) (= DisplayValue acR15_dwg)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((or (= DisplayValue ac2000_dxf) (= DisplayValue acR15_dxf)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2000_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)")) ((or (= DisplayValue ac2004_dwg) (= DisplayValue acR18_dwg)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((or (= DisplayValue ac2004_dxf) (= DisplayValue acR18_dxf)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2004_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2007_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2007_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2007_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2010_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2010_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2010_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2013_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2013_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue ac2013_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)")) ((= DisplayValue acR12_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue acR13_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R13 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((= DisplayValue acR13_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R13 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue acR14_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)")) ((= DisplayValue acR14_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R14 DXF (*.dxf)")) ((= DisplayValue acNative) (setq DisplayValue "Latest drawing release")) ((= DisplayValue acUnknown) (setq DisplayValue "The drawing type is unknown")) ) DisplayValue )