About Requesting a Point (VBA/ActiveX)

The GetPoint method prompts the user for the specification of a point at the AutoCAD Command prompt.

This method accepts two parameters, an optional from point and the prompt string. If the from point is provided, AutoCAD draws a rubber-band line from that point. To control the user input, this method can be preceded by a call to the InitializeUserInput method.

Get a point selected by the user

The following example prompts the user for two points, then draws a line using those points as the start point and endpoint.

Sub Ch3_GetPointsFromUser()
  Dim startPnt As Variant
  Dim endPnt As Variant
  Dim prompt1 As String
  Dim prompt2 As String

  prompt1 = vbCrLf & "Enter the start point of the line: "
  prompt2 = vbCrLf & "Enter the end point of the line: "

  ' Get the first point without entering a base point
  startPnt = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(, prompt1)

  ' Use the point entered above as the base point
  endPnt = ThisDrawing.Utility.GetPoint(startPnt, prompt2)

  ' Create a line using the two points entered
  ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddLine startPnt, endPnt
  ThisDrawing.Application.ZoomAll
End Sub