G Methods Reference (ActiveX)

These ActiveX methods all start with 'G'.

Methods

• GenerateLayout

  Generates the layout of a table.

• GenerateSectionGeometry

  Generates 2D or 3D section geometry.

• GenerateUsageData

  Generates data specifying whether a layer is in use.

• GetAcadState

  Gets an AcadState object to monitor the state of AutoCAD from out-of-process applications.

• GetAlignment

  Returns the cell alignment for a row type.

• GetAlignment2

  Gets the cell alignment.

• GetAllProfileNames

  Gets all available profiles for the system.

• GetAngle

  Gets the angle specified. Considers the setting of the ANGBASE system variable.

• GetAttachmentPoint

  Returns the attachment point for the specified row and column.

• GetAttributes

  Gets the attributes in the block reference.

• GetAutoScale

  Returns the value specifying whether auto scale is used in the specified row and column.

• GetAutoScale2

  Gets the auto scale flag value for a cell.

• GetBackgroundColor

  Returns the background color value for the specified row type.

• GetBackgroundColor2

  Returns the background color value for the specified cell style.

• GetBackgroundColorNone

  Returns the value specifying that there is no background color for the specified row type.

• GetBitmaps

  Gets the large and small bitmaps used as icons for the toolbar item.

• GetBlockAttributeValue

  Gets the attribute value in the block content with an attribute definition id.

• GetBlockAttributeValue2

  Gets the attribute value associated to a specified block cell.

• GetBlockRotation

  Returns the block rotation angle for the specified row and column.

• GetBlockScale

  Returns the block scale value for the specified row and column.

• GetBlockTableRecordId

  Returns the block table record ID of the cell.

• GetBlockTableRecordId2

  Gets the block table record object id associated to a specified cell.

• GetBoundingBox

  Gets two points of a box enclosing the specified object.

• GetBreakHeight

  Get the break height of the table.

• GetBulge

  Gets the bulge value at a given index of the polyline.

• GetCanonicalMediaNames

  Gets all available canonical media names for the specified plot device.

• GetCellAlignment

  Returns the alignment for the cell in the specified row and column.

• GetCellBackgroundColor

  Returns the background true color value of a cell in the specified row and column.

• GetCellBackgroundColorNone

  Returns the value specifying that there is no background color for the specified row and column.

• GetCellClass

  Gets the class of a cell style.

• GetCellContentColor

  Returns the true color value for the content of the specified row and column.

• GetCellContentColor2

  Gets the true color value for a cell.

• GetCellDataType

  Gets the cell data and unit type for the given row and column.

• GetCellExtents

  Returns the cell extents for the specified row and column.

• GetCellFormat

  Gets the cell format for the given row and column.

• GetCellGridColor

  Returns the grid color value for an edge of the specified row and column.

• GetCellGridLineWeight

  Returns the grid lineweight value for an edge of the specified row and column.

• GetCellGridVisibility

  Returns the grid visibility value for an edge of the specified row and column.

• GetCellState

  Get a cell's state.

• GetCellStyle

  Gets the cell style.

• GetCellStyleOverrides

  Returns the cell style overrides.

• GetCellStyles

  Gets an array of all the named cell styles associated with the table style.

• GetCellTextHeight

  Returns the text height for the specified row and column.

• GetCellTextStyle

  Returns the text style name for the specified row and column.

• GetCellType

  Returns the cell type for the specified row and column.

• GetCellValue

  Gets the cell value for the given row and column.

• GetColor

  Returns the true color value for the specified row type.

• GetColor2

  Returns the color value for the specified named cell style.

• GetColumnName

  Gets a column's name.

• GetColumnWidth

  Returns the column width for the column at the specified column index in the table.

• GetConstantAttributes

  Gets the constant attributes in the block or external reference.

• GetContentColor

  Returns the true color value for the specified row type.

• GetContentColor2

  Returns the color value for the specified content located at the provided row, column, and content index.

• GetContentLayout

  Get a cell's content layout.

• GetContentType

  Get a cell's content type.

• GetControlPoint

  Gets the coordinates of the control point at a given index.

• GetCorner

  Gets a corner of a rectangle.

• GetCustomByIndex

  Returns the custom property name (key) and value that correspond to an index value.

• GetCustomByKey

  Returns the custom property value that corresponds to a name (key) value.

• GetCustomData

  Gets the custom data associated to a cell.

• GetCustomScale

  Gets the custom scale for a layout or plot configuration.

• GetDataFormat

  Gets a cell's format.

• GetDataType

  Returns the data type and unit type for the specified row type.

• GetDataType2

  Gets the row data type and unit type for the specified row type and nContent.

• GetDistance

  Gets the distance from the prompt line or a selected set of points on the screen.

• GetDoglegDirection

  Gets the dog leg direction of the specific leader.

• GetDynamicBlockProperties

  Gets the properties of the dynamic block.

• GetEntity

  Gets an object interactively.

• GetExtensionDictionary

  Gets the extension dictionary associated with an object.

• GetFieldId

  Returns the field object ID of the specified cell.

• GetFieldId2

  Gets the field object id associated to the specified cell.

• GetFitPoint

  Gets the fit point of a spline at a given index.

• GetFont

  Gets the definition data of the font for the TextStyle.

• GetFormat

  Returns the format for the specified row type.

• GetFormat2

  Gets the format of a cell style.

• GetFormula

  Get a cell's formula.

• GetFullDrawOrder

  Returns all of the objects in a block, sorted by draw order with the bottom object first.

• GetGridColor

  Returns the grid color value for a grid linetype and row type.

• GetGridColor2

  Gets the gridColor for the specified cell.

• GetGridDoubleLineSpacing

  Gets the lineSpacing value for the specified cell.

• GetGridLineStyle

  Get a cell's gridLineStyle.

• GetGridLinetype

  Gets the idLinetype with the gridLinetype value for the specified cell.

• GetGridLineWeight

  Returns a grid lineweight value for a grid linetype and row type.

• GetGridLineWeight2

  Gets the gridLineWeight value for the specified cell.

• GetGridSpacing

  Gets the grid spacing for the viewport.

• GetGridVisibility

  Returns a grid visibility value for the specified grid linetype and row type.

• GetGridVisibility2

  Returns the gridVisibility value for the specified cell.

• GetHasFormula

  Check if a cell has a formula.

• GetInput

  Converts a user's input string into a keyword index.

• GetInteger

  Gets an integer value from the user.

• GetInterfaceObject

  Accepts a program ID and attempts to load it into AutoCAD as an in-process server.

• GetInvisibleEdge

  Gets the visibility setting for an edge of a 3DFace object at a given index.

• GetIsCellStyleInUse

  Gets the usage status of a cell style.

• GetIsMergeAllEnabled

  Gets value of the "merge all" property.

• GetKeyword

  Gets a keyword string from the user.

• GetLeaderIndex

  Gets the index of leader cluster which the specified leader line is in.

• GetLeaderLineIndexes

  Gets the indexes of leaderlines of the specific leader.

• GetLeaderLineVertices

  Gets the vertices of leaderLine with specified index.

• GetLiveSection

  Gets the live section plane that is currently enabled in the database.

• GetLocaleMediaName

  Gets the localized version of the canonical media name.

• GetLoopAt

  Gets the hatch loop at a given index.

• GetMargin

  Get a cell's margin value.

• GetMinimumColumnWidth

  Gets the minimum column width for the column at the specified column index in the table.

• GetMinimumRowHeight

  Returns the minimum row height for the specified row.

• GetName

  Gets the name (keyword) of an object in a dictionary.

• GetObject

  Gets the object in a dictionary, given the name (keyword) of the object.

• GetObjectIdString

  Returns an object's ID as a string.

• GetOrientation

  Gets the angle specified. Ignores the setting of the ANGBASE system variable.

• GetOverride

  Get a cell's overrides.

• GetPaperMargins

  Gets the margins for the layout or plot configuration.

• GetPaperSize

  Gets the width and height of the configured paper.

• GetPlotDeviceNames

  Gets all available plot device names.

• GetPlotStyleTableNames

  Gets all available plot style table names.

• GetPoint

  Gets the point selected in AutoCAD.

• GetProjectFilePath

  Gets the directory in which AutoCAD looks for external reference files.

• GetReal

  Gets a real (double) value from the user.

• GetRelativeDrawOrder

  Returns the objects specified, sorted by the draw order, with the bottom object first.

• GetRemoteFile

  Downloads the file specified by a URL.

• GetRotation

  Gets the rotation value for a cell or cell style.

• GetRowHeight

  Returns the row height for the row at the specified row index in the table.

• GetRowType

  Returns the row type for the specified row.

• GetScale

  Gets the scale value for a cell.

• GetSectionTypeSettings

  Gets the section type settings object.

• GetSnapSpacing

  Gets the snap spacing for the viewport.

• GetString

  Gets a string from the user.

• GetSubEntity

  Gets an object or subentity interactively.

• GetSubSelection

  Returns the row and column indexes of the cells in a subselection set.

• GetText

  Returns the text value for the specified row and column.

• GetTextHeight

  Returns the text height for the specified row type.

• GetTextHeight2

  Gets the text height for a cell.

• GetTextRotation

  Returns the text rotation for the specified row and column.

• GetTextString

  Gets the text value of a cell.

• GetTextStyle

  Gets the text style name for the specified row types.

• GetTextStyle2

  Gets the text style name for a cell.

• GetTextStyleId

  Gets the object id for a named cell style.

• GetUCSMatrix

  Gets the transformation matrix consisting of UCS coordinate system data.

• GetUniqueCellStyleName

  Gets a unique cell style name with the base name that is passed as the prefix.

• GetUniqueSectionName

  Finds a unique section plane name.

• GetValue

  Gets the value of a cell.

• GetVariable

  Gets the current setting of an AutoCAD system variable.

• GetVertexCount

  Gets the number of vertices in the specified leaderline.

• GetWeight

  Gets the weight of the control point at a given index.

• GetWidth

  Gets the start and end width for a polyline.

• GetWindowToPlot

  Gets the coordinates that define the portion of the layout to plot.

• GetXData

  Gets the extended data (XData) associated with an object.

• GetXRecordData

  Gets the extended record data (XRecordData) associated with a dictionary.