vlr-dwg-reactor (AutoLISP/ActiveX)

Constructs an editor reactor object that notifies of a drawing event (for example, opening or closing a drawing file)

Supported Platforms: Windows only

Signature

(vlr-dwg-reactor data callbacks)

data

Type: Integer, Real, String, List, VLA-object, Safearray, Variant, T, or nil

Any AutoLISP data to be associated with the reactor object; otherwise nil if no data.

callbacks

Type: List

A list of pairs of the following form:

(event-name . callback_function)

• event-name is one of the following DWG reactor events:

  DWG reactor events
  Event name	Description
  :vlr-beginClose	The drawing database is to be closed.
  :vlr-databaseConstructed	A drawing database has been constructed.
  :vlr-databaseToBeDestroyed	The contents of the drawing database are about to be deleted from memory.
  vlr-beginDwgOpen	AutoCAD is about to open a drawing file.
  :vlr-endDwgOpen	AutoCAD has ended the open operation.
  :vlr-dwgFileOpened	A new drawing has been loaded into the AutoCAD window.
  vlr-beginSave	AutoCAD is about to save the drawing file.
  vlr-saveComplete	AutoCAD has saved the current drawing to disk.

• callback_function is a symbol representing a function to be called when the event occurs. Each callback function accepts two arguments:

  reactor_object -- The VLR object that called the callback function.

  list -- A list of extra data elements associated with the particular event. The contents of this list for particular events are shown in the “DWG reactor callback data” table.

  DWG reactor callback data
  Name	List length	Parameters
  :vlr-beginClose :vlr-databaseConstructed :vlr-databaseToBeDestroyed	0
  :vlr-beginDwgOpen :vlr-endDwgOpen :vlr-dwgFileOpened	1	A string identifying the file to open.
  :vlr-beginSave	2	First parameter is the database object to save at. Second parameter is a string containing the default file name for save, which may be changed by the user.
  :vlr-saveComplete	2	First parameter is the database object to save at. Second parameter is a string containing the actual file name used for the save.

Return Values

Type: VLR object

The reactor_object argument from the callback_function.

Examples

N/A