Saves a document or group of layer property settings; no longer supported for menu groups.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
object.Save Name, Mask
Type: LayerStateManager
The object this method applies to.
Access: Input-only
Type: String
The name to be assigned to the saved layer settings.
Access: Input-only
Type: AcLayerStateMask enum
A number representing the layer properties to be saved and restored. Use the following constants to identify layer properties:
VBA:
object.Save MenuFileType
Type: MenuGroup
The object this method applies to.
Access: Input-only
Type: AcMenuFileType enum
No return value.
Document: When you save a document to a secure URL, a dialog box prompts the user for the necessary password information.
Menugroup: This method has no effect for menu groups in AutoCAD 2006 or later. This method will be removed from the MenuGroup object in a future release.
VBA:
Sub Example_Save() ' The following example saves current drawing ThisDrawing.Save End Sub Sub Example_Save_LayerSettings() ' The following code saves the color and linetype settings ' of the current layer. Dim oLSM As AcadLayerStateManager ' Access the LayerStateManager object Set oLSM = ThisDrawing.Application. _ GetInterfaceObject("AutoCAD.AcadLayerStateManager.19") ' Associate the current drawing database with LayerStateManager oLSM.SetDatabase ThisDrawing.Database oLSM.Save "ColorLinetype", acLsColor + acLsLineType End Sub
Visual LISP:
(defun c:Example_Save() ;; The following example saves current drawing (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj)) (vla-Save doc) ) (defun c:Example_Save_LayerSettings() ;; The following code saves the color and linetype settings ;; of the current layer. (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj)) ;; Access the LayerStateManager object (setq oLSM (vla-GetInterfaceObject acadObj "AutoCAD.AcadLayerStateManager.19")) ;; Associate the current drawing database with LayerStateManager (vla-SetDatabase oLSM (vla-get-Database doc)) (vla-Save oLSM "ColorLinetype" (+ acLsColor acLsLineType)) )