PickBoxSize Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the size of the object selection target.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.PickBoxSize

object

Type: PreferencesSelection

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: Long

The height of the object selection target in pixels. You can enter a value from 0 to 50.

Remarks

The initial value of this property is 3.

Note: The value for this property is stored in the PICKBOX system variable.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_PickBoxSize()
    ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ' the size of the object selection target.
    ' When finished, this example resets the preference value back to
    ' its original value.
    
    Dim ACADPref As AcadPreferencesSelection
    Dim originalValue As Variant, newValue As Variant
    
    ' Get the selection preferences object
    Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences.Selection
    
    ' Read and display the original value
    originalValue = ACADPref.PickBoxSize
    MsgBox "The PickBoxSize preference is set to: " & originalValue

    ' Modify the PickBoxSize preference by setting it to 5
    ACADPref.PickBoxSize = 5
    newValue = ACADPref.PickBoxSize
    MsgBox "The PickBoxSize 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.PickBoxSize = originalValue
    MsgBox "The PickBoxSize preference was reset back to: " & originalValue
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_PickBoxSize()
    ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ;; the size of the object selection target.
    ;; 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))

    ;; Read and display the original value
    (setq originalValue (vla-get-PickBoxSize (vla-get-Selection preferences)))
    (alert (strcat "The PickBoxSize preference is set to: " (itoa originalValue)))

    ;; Modify the PickBoxSize preference by setting it to 5
    (vla-put-PickBoxSize (vla-get-Selection preferences) 5)
    (setq newValue (vla-get-PickBoxSize (vla-get-Selection preferences)))
    (alert (strcat "The PickBoxSize preference has been set to: " (itoa 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-PickBoxSize (vla-get-Selection preferences) originalValue)
    (alert (strcat "The PickBoxSize preference was reset back to: " (itoa originalValue)))
)