SetGridLineWeight Method (ActiveX)

Sets the grid lineweight value for the specified grid linetypes and row types.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.SetGridLineWeight gridLineTypes, rowTypes, Lineweight

object

Type: Table, TableStyle

The objects this method applies to.

gridLineTypes

Access: Input-only

Type: AcGridLineType enum

The grid linetypes to change.

• acHorzBottom
• acHorzInside
• acHorzTop
• acInvalidGridLine
• acVertInside
• acVertLeft
• acVertRight

rowTypes

Access: Input-only

Type: AcRowType enum

The row types to change.

• acDataRow
• acHeaderRow
• acTitleRow
• acUnknownRow

Lineweight

Access: Input-only

Type: ACAD_LWEIGHT enum

The lineweight to assign to the grid.

• acLnWt000
• acLnWt005
• acLnWt009
• acLnWt013
• acLnWt015
• acLnWt018
• acLnWt020
• acLnWt025
• acLnWt030
• acLnWt035
• acLnWt040
• acLnWt050
• acLnWt053
• acLnWt060
• acLnWt070
• acLnWt080
• acLnWt090
• acLnWt100
• acLnWt106
• acLnWt120
• acLnWt140
• acLnWt158
• acLnWt200
• acLnWt211
• acLnWtByLayer
• acLnWtByBlock
• acLnWtByLwDefault

Return Value (RetVal)

No return value.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_SetGridLineWeight()
    ' This example creates a TableStyle object and sets values for
    ' the style name and other attributes.
    
    Dim dictionaries As AcadDictionaries
    Set dictionaries = ThisDrawing.Database.dictionaries
  
    Dim dictObj As AcadDictionary
    Set dictObj = dictionaries.Item("acad_tablestyle")
  
    ' Get the current TableStyle object
    Dim tableStyle As AcadTableStyle
    Set tableStyle = dictObj.Item(ThisDrawing.GetVariable("CTABLESTYLE"))
  
    Dim colGridCurrent As AcadAcCmColor, lwGridCurrent As ACAD_LWEIGHT, visGridCurrent As Boolean
    Set colGridCurrent = tableStyle.GetGridColor(acHorzBottom, acTitleRow)
    lwGridCurrent = tableStyle.GetGridLineWeight(acHorzBottom, acTitleRow)
    visGridCurrent = tableStyle.GetGridVisibility(acHorzTop, acTitleRow)

    MsgBox "Grid settings " & vbLf & _
           "nColor (Bottom) = " & colGridCurrent.ColorIndex & vbLf & _
           "nLineweight (Bottom) = " & lwGridCurrent & vbLf & _
           "Visibility (Top) =  " & visGridCurrent
  
    Dim col As AcadAcCmColor
    Set col = AcadApplication.GetInterfaceObject("AutoCAD.AcCmColor." & Left(AcadApplication.Version, 2))
    col.SetRGB 0, 0, 255

    tableStyle.SetGridColor acHorzBottom, acTitleRow, col
    tableStyle.SetGridLineWeight acHorzBottom, acTitleRow, acLnWt025

    If visGridCurrent = False Then
        tableStyle.SetGridVisibility acHorzTop, acTitleRow, True
    Else
        tableStyle.SetGridVisibility acHorzTop, acTitleRow, False
    End If
      
    Dim colGridNew As AcadAcCmColor, lwGridNew As ACAD_LWEIGHT, visGridNew As Boolean
    Set colGridNew = tableStyle.GetGridColor(acHorzBottom, acTitleRow)
    lwGridNew = tableStyle.GetGridLineWeight(acHorzBottom, acTitleRow)
    visGridNew = tableStyle.GetGridVisibility(acHorzTop, acTitleRow)

    MsgBox "Grid settings " & vbLf & _
           "nColor (Bottom) = " & colGridNew.ColorIndex & vbLf & _
           "nLineweight (Bottom) = " & lwGridNew & vbLf & _
           "Visibility (Top) =  " & visGridNew
             
    tableStyle.SetGridColor acHorzBottom, acTitleRow, colGridCurrent
    tableStyle.SetGridLineWeight acHorzBottom, acTitleRow, lwGridCurrent
    tableStyle.SetGridVisibility acHorzTop, acTitleRow, visGridCurrent
      
    MsgBox "Reset the table style back to its original values."
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_SetGridLineWeight()
    ;; This example creates a TableStyle object and sets values for 
    ;; the style name and other attributes.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))
  
    (setq dictionaries (vla-get-Dictionaries doc))
    (setq dictObj (vla-Item dictionaries "acad_tablestyle"))
    
    ;; Get the current TableStyle object
    (setq tableStyle (vla-Item dictObj (vla-GetVariable doc "CTABLESTYLE")))
      
    (setq colGridCurrent (vla-GetGridColor tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow))
    (setq lwGridCurrent (vla-GetGridLineWeight tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow))
    (setq visGridCurrent (vla-GetGridVisibility tableStyle acHorzTop acTitleRow))

    (alert (strcat "Grid settings"
		                 "\nColor (Bottom) = " (itoa (vla-get-ColorIndex colGridCurrent))
		                 "\nLineweight (Bottom) = " (itoa lwGridCurrent)
		                 "\nVisibility (Top)= " (if (= visGridCurrent :vlax-true) "True" "False")))

    (setq col (vlax-create-object (strcat "AutoCAD.AcCmColor." (substr (getvar "ACADVER") 1 2))))
    (vla-SetRGB col 0 0 255)

    (vla-SetGridColor tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow col)
    (vla-SetGridLineWeight tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow acLnWt025)
    (vla-SetGridVisibility tableStyle acHorzTop acTitleRow (if (= visGridCurrent :vlax-true) :vlax-false :vlax-true))

    (setq colGridNew (vla-GetGridColor tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow))
    (setq lwGridNew (vla-GetGridLineWeight tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow))
    (setq visGridNew (vla-GetGridVisibility tableStyle acHorzTop acTitleRow))

    (alert (strcat "Grid settings"
		                 "\nColor (Bottom) = " (itoa (vla-get-ColorIndex colGridNew))
		                 "\nLineweight (Bottom) = " (itoa lwGridNew)
		                 "\nVisibility (Top)= " (if (= visGridNew :vlax-true) "True" "False")))

    (vla-SetGridColor tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow colGridCurrent)
    (vla-SetGridLineWeight tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow lwGridCurrent)
    (vla-SetGridVisibility tableStyle acHorzBottom acTitleRow visGridCurrent)
  
    (alert "Reset the table style back to its original values.")

    (vlax-release-object col)
)