Preferences Property (ActiveX)

Gets the Preferences object.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.Preferences

object

Type: Application, Database, Document

The objects this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: Yes

Type: DatabasePreferences, Preferences

The DatabasePreferences or Preferences object.

Remarks

The Preferences object holds the options from the Options dialog that reside in the registry. Options that reside in the drawing can be found through the DatabasePreferences object.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Preferences()
    ' This example returns the current setting of
    ' LogFilePath from the preferences object.
    
    Dim preferences As AcadPreferences
    Set preferences = ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences
    
    ' Retrieve the current LogFilePath value
    MsgBox "The current value for LogFilePath is " & preferences.Files.LogFilePath, , "Preferences Example"
    
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Preferences()
    ;; This example returns the current setting of
    ;; LogFilePath from the preferences object.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq preferences (vla-get-Preferences acadObj))

    ;; Retrieve the current LogFilePath value
    (alert (strcat "The current value for LogFilePath is " (vla-get-LogFilePath (vla-get-Files preferences))))
)