CMDDIA (System Variable)

Controls the display of the In-Place Text Editor for the DIMEDIT and QLEADER commands, and the display of certain dialog boxes in AutoCAD-based products.

Type: Integer
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 1

Within a script, some commands automatically hide certain dialog boxes or the In-Place Text Editor. In other cases, set CMDDIA to 0 or, when available, use the command line version of a command, which is prefaced with a dash.

Value

Description

0 Suppresses the display of the In-Place Text Editor and certain dialog boxes.
1 Displays the In-Place Text Editor and certain dialog boxes.
Note: The FILEDIA system variable controls the display of file dialog boxes such as SAVEAS and OPEN.

The dialog boxes of the following AutoCAD commands are subject to CMDDIA.

In addition, some commands specific to AutoCAD-based products are also subject to CMDDIA.