To View the Properties of a VLA-Object (AutoLISP/ActiveX)

In addition to using the Inspect window to view the current value of a variable, you can use it to view the current property values of an object.

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

1. Store an object in a variable using setq.
2. Do one of the following:
3. • AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT: At the AutoCAD Command prompt, enter (vlax-dump-object object).

     (vlax-dump-object (vlax-get-acad-object))
     
     ; IAcadApplication: An instance of the AutoCAD application
     ; Property values:
     ;   ActiveDocument = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadDocument 000002569b4802d8>
     ;   Application (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadApplication 00007ff78ec15be0>
     ;   Caption (RO) = "Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 - [Drawing1.dwg]"
     ;   Documents (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadDocuments 00000256aab93c70>
     ;   FullName (RO) = "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD 2024\\acad.exe"
     ;   Height = 1040
     ;   HWND (RO) = 595288
     ;   LocaleId (RO) = 1033
     ;   MenuBar (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadMenuBar 00000256aab94248>
     ;   MenuGroups (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadMenuGroups 00000256fcb1fea8>
     ;   Name (RO) = "AutoCAD"
     ;   Path (RO) = "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD 2024"
     ;   Preferences (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT IAcadPreferences 00000256aac5b2e8>
     ;   Initializing VBA System...StatusId (RO) = ...Indexed contents not shown...
     ;   VBE (RO) = #<VLA-OBJECT VBE 00000256ce7ac5f8>
     ;   Version (RO) = "24.3s (LMS Tech)"
     ;   Visible = -1
     ;   Width = 1916
     ;   WindowLeft = 2
     ;   WindowState = 1
     ;   WindowTop = 0
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   • AutoCAD Only:
     1. In Visual LISP, click View Inspect.
     2. In the Inspect dialog box, Symbol box, enter the name of the variable you stored the object in. Click OK.
        
        Note: You can double-click a property to inspect is current value in another Inspect window. For example, you can double-click <Preferences> to view the properties of the Preferences object associated with the Application object.