AutoTrackingVecColor Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the color of the auto tracking vector.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.AutoTrackingVecColor

object

Type: PreferencesDrafting

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: OLE_COLOR (constant)

• vbBlack
• vbRed
• vbYellow
• vbGreen
• vbCyan
• vbBlue
• vbMagenta
• vbWhite

Remarks

The default color for this property is vbWhite.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_AutoTrackingVecColor()
    ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ' the color of the AutoTrack vector. When finished, this example
    ' resets the preference value back to its original value.
    
    Dim ACADPref As AcadPreferencesDisplay
    Dim originalValue As Variant, newValue As Variant
    
    ' Get the display preferences object
    Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.Application.preferences.DISPLAY
    
    ' Read and display the original value
    originalValue = ACADPref.AutoTrackingVecColor
    MsgBox "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference is: " & originalValue

    ' Modify the AutoTrackingVecColor preference by making it red
    ACADPref.AutoTrackingVecColor = vbRed
    newValue = ACADPref.AutoTrackingVecColor
    MsgBox "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference has been set to: " & newValue

    ' Reset the preference back to its original value
    '
    ' * Note: Comment out this last section to leave the change to
    '         this preference in effect
    ACADPref.AutoTrackingVecColor = originalValue
    MsgBox "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference was reset back to: " & originalValue
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_AutoTrackingVecColor()
    ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ;; the color of the AutoTrack vector. When finished, this example
    ;; resets the preference value back to its original value.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq preferences (vla-get-Preferences acadObj))
  
    ;; Get the Display preferences object
    (setq ACADPref (vla-get-Display preferences))
    
    ;; Read and display the original value
    (setq originalValue (vlax-variant-change-type (vla-get-AutoTrackingVecColor ACADPref) vlax-vbLong))
    (alert (strcat "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference is: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value originalValue))))

    ;; Modify the AutoTrackingVecColor preference by making it red
    (vla-put-AutoTrackingVecColor ACADPref (vlax-make-variant acRed 19))
    (setq newValue (vlax-variant-change-type (vla-get-AutoTrackingVecColor ACADPref) vlax-vbLong))
    (alert (strcat "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference has been set to: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value newValue))))

    ;; Reset the preference back to its original value
    ;;
    ;; * Note: Comment out this last section to leave the change to
    ;;         this preference in effect
    (vla-put-AutoTrackingVecColor ACADPref (vlax-variant-change-type originalValue 19)) 
    (alert (strcat "The AutoTrackingVecColor preference was reset back to: " (itoa (vlax-variant-value originalValue))))
)