Dialog Box Opening and Closing Functions Reference (AutoLISP/DCL)

Note: DCL support in AutoLISP is limited to Windows only.

The following table provides summary descriptions of the DCL opening and closing functions.

Dialog box opening and closing functions

Function name

Description

(done_dialog [status])

Terminates a dialog box

(load_dialog dclfile)

Loads a DCL file

(new_dialog dlgname dcl_id [action [screen-pt]])

Begins a new dialog box and displays it, and can also specify a default action

(start_dialog)

Displays a dialog box and begins accepting user input

(term_dialog)

Terminates all current dialog boxes as if the user cancels each of them

(unload_dialog dcl_id)

Unloads a DCL file