SaveAsType Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the drawing type for saving the drawing.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.SaveAsType

object

Type: PreferencesOpenSave

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: acSaveAsType enum

acR12_dxf: AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)
acR14_dwg: AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2000_dwg: AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2000_dxf: AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2000_Template: AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2004_dwg: AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2004_dxf: AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2004_Template: AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2007_dwg: AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2007_dxf: AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2007_Template: AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2010_dwg: AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2010_dxf: AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2010_Template: AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2013_dwg: AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2013_dxf: AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2013_Template: AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
ac2018_dwg: AutoCAD 2018 DWG (*.dwg)
ac2018_dxf: AutoCAD 2018 DXF (*.dxf)
ac2018_Template: AutoCAD 2018 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)
acNative: A synonym for the current drawing release format. If you want your application to save the drawing in the format of whatever version of AutoCAD the application is running on, then use the acNative format.
acUnknown: Read-only. The drawing type is unknown or invalid.

Remarks

The initial value for this property is ac2013_dwg. The following values are obsolete:

acR13_DWG
acR13_DXF
acR14_DXF

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_SaveAsType()
    ' This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ' the drawing type to save the drawing as.
    ' When finished, this example resets the preference value back to
    ' its original value.
    
    Dim ACADPref As AcadPreferencesOpenSave
    Dim originalValue As Variant, DisplayValue As String
    
    ' Get the OpenSave preferences object
    Set ACADPref = ThisDrawing.Application.Preferences.OpenSave
    
    ' Store current setting
    originalValue = ACADPref.SaveAsType
    
    ' Read and display the original value
    GoSub GETVALUE
    MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference is: " & DisplayValue

    ' Modify the SaveAsType preference by changing it to AutoCAD 2000 DWG
    ACADPref.SaveAsType = ac2000_dwg
    GoSub GETVALUE
    MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference has been set to: " & DisplayValue

    ' Reset the preference back to its original value
    '
    ' Comment out this last section to leave the change to
    '         the preference in effect
    ACADPref.SaveAsType = originalValue
    
    GoSub GETVALUE
    MsgBox "The SaveAsType preference was reset back to: " & DisplayValue
    
    Exit Sub
    
GETVALUE:
    ' Convert the value of this setting to a meaningful text string
    DisplayValue = ACADPref.SaveAsType
    Select Case DisplayValue
        Case ac2000_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case acR15_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2000_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case acR15_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2000_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case ac2004_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case acR18_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2004_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case acR18_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2004_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case ac2007_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2007_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2007_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case ac2010_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2010_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2010_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case ac2013_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2013_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2013_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case ac2018_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2018 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case ac2018_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2018 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case ac2018_Template: DisplayValue = "AutoCAD 2018 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"

        Case acR12_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)"

        Case acR13_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R13 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case acR13_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R13 DXF (*.dxf)"

        Case acR14_dwg:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)"
        Case acR14_dxf:  DisplayValue = "AutoCAD R14 DXF (*.dxf)"
        Case acNative:   DisplayValue = "Latest drawing release"
        Case acUnknown:  DisplayValue = "The drawing type is unknown"
    End Select
    
    Return
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(defun c:Example_SaveAsType()
    ;; This example reads and modifies the preference value that controls
    ;; the drawing type to save the drawing as.
    ;; 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))
    
    ;; Store current setting
    (setq originalValue (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))
    
    ;; Read and display the original value
    (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences))))

    (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference is: " DisplayValue))

    ;; Modify the SaveAsType preference by changing it to AutoCAD 2000 DWG
    (vla-put-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) ac2000_dwg)
  
    (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences))))

    (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference has been set to: " DisplayValue))

    ;; Reset the preference back to its original value
    ;;
    ;; Comment out this last section to leave the change to
    ;;         the preference in effect
    (vla-put-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) originalValue)
    
    (setq DisplayValue (SaveAsTypeMsg (vla-get-SaveAsType (vla-get-OpenSave preferences))))

    (alert (strcat "The SaveAsType preference was reset back to: " DisplayValue))
)

(defun SaveAsTypeMsg (DisplayValue / )
  
    ;; Convert the value of this setting to a meaningful text string  
    (cond
        ((or (= DisplayValue ac2000_dwg)
             (= DisplayValue acR15_dwg)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((or (= DisplayValue ac2000_dxf)
             (= DisplayValue acR15_dxf)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2000_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2000 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((or (= DisplayValue ac2004_dwg)
             (= DisplayValue acR18_dwg)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((or (= DisplayValue ac2004_dxf)
             (= DisplayValue acR18_dxf)) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2004_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2004 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((= DisplayValue ac2007_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2007_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2007_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2007 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((= DisplayValue ac2010_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2010_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2010_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((= DisplayValue ac2013_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2013_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2013_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2013 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((= DisplayValue ac2018_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2018 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2018_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2018 DXF (*.dxf)"))
        ((= DisplayValue ac2018_Template) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD 2018 Drawing Template File (*.dwt)"))

        ((= DisplayValue acR12_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R12 DXF (*.dxf)"))

        ((= DisplayValue acR13_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R13 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue acR13_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R13 DXF (*.dxf)"))

        ((= DisplayValue acR14_dwg) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R14 DWG (*.dwg)"))
        ((= DisplayValue acR14_dxf) (setq DisplayValue "AutoCAD R14 DXF (*.dxf)"))

        ((= DisplayValue acNative) (setq DisplayValue "Latest drawing release"))
        ((= DisplayValue acUnknown) (setq DisplayValue "The drawing type is unknown"))
    )
  
  DisplayValue
)

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