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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.

  • DBCDEFINELT
  • DBCDEFINELLT
  • DBCDELETEELT
  • DBCDELETEELLT
  • DBCDELETEQRY
  • DBCDISCONNECT
  • DBCEDITQRY
  • DBCEDITTABLE
  • DBCEXECUTEQRY
  • DBCEXPORTLINKS
  • DBCNEWQRYTABLE
  • DBCONFIGURE
  • DBCRELOADLABELS
  • DBCVIEWLINKEDTABLE
  • DBCVIEWTABLE
  • LAYOUTMERGE (Express Tool)
  • LEADER
  • PLOT
  • REDIR (Express Tool)
  • SOLIDEDIT
  • SYSVARMONITOR
  • TCASE (Express Tool)
  • TEXT
  • XATTACH
  • -XREF

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

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