About Designing Dialog Boxes (DCL)

With the dialog control language (DCL), you can create dialog boxes for use with LISP/AutoLISP programs.

Dialog boxes are defined by ASCII files written in dialog control language (DCL), and require some planning to ensure they look and behavior similar to other dialog boxes used by the operating system and AutoCAD. The tiles or controls you choose to use and their layout in a dialog box should make be fluid and intuitive.

Consider the following guidelines when creating your dialog boxes:

For more information about customization in AutoCAD-based products, review the AutoCAD customization and AutoLISP help.

For a list of which attributes are available in AutoCAD, review the Predefined Attributes for Tiles Reference (DCL).

The following AutoCAD-supported predefined attributes are not available in AutoCAD Web: