Determines if the current drawing can be edited in place when being referenced by another user.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
object.XRefEdit
Type: DatabasePreferences
The object this property applies to.
Read-only: No
Type: Boolean
The initial value of this property is True.
VBA:
Sub Example_XRefEdit() ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ' whether the current drawing can be edited in place when being ' referenced by another user. ' ' When finished, this example resets the preference value back to ' its original value. Dim ACADPref As AcadDatabasePreferences Dim originalValue As Variant, newValue As Variant ' Get the user preferences object Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.preferences ' Read and display the original value originalValue = ACADPref.XRefEdit MsgBox "The XRefEdit preference is set to: " & originalValue ' Modify the XRefEdit preference by toggling the value ACADPref.XRefEdit = Not (ACADPref.XRefEdit) newValue = ACADPref.XRefEdit MsgBox "The XRefEdit 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.XRefEdit = originalValue MsgBox "The XRefEdit preference was reset back to: " & originalValue End Sub
Visual LISP:
(vl-load-com) (defun c:Example_XRefEdit() ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls ;; whether the current drawing can be edited in place when being ;; referenced by another user. ;; ;; When finished, this example resets the preference value back to ;; its original value. (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj)) (setq preferences (vla-get-Preferences doc)) ;; Read and display the original value (setq originalValue (vla-get-XRefEdit preferences)) (alert (strcat "The XRefEdit preference is set to: " (if (= originalValue :vlax-true) "True" "False"))) ;; Modify the XRefEdit preference by toggling the value (vla-put-XRefEdit preferences (if (= originalValue :vlax-true) :vlax-false :vlax-true)) (alert (strcat "The XRefEdit preference has been set to: " (if (= (vla-get-XRefEdit preferences) :vlax-true) "True" "False"))) ;; 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-XRefEdit preferences originalValue) (alert (strcat "The XRefEdit preference was reset back to: " (if (= originalValue :vlax-true) "True" "False"))) )