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VLX Namespace Functions Reference (AutoLISP)

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The VLX namespace functions listed below apply to separate-namespace VLX applications. These functions allow separate-namespace VLX functions to be accessible from a document namespace, enable the retrieval and updating of variables in the associated document namespace, and provide error-handling routines for separate-namespace VLX functions.

VLX namespace functions

Function

Description

(vl-arx-import

[ function | application]

Imports ADS-DEFUN functions into a separate-namespace VLX

(vl-doc-export ' function)

Makes a function loaded in a VLX namespace available to the current document

(vl-doc-import

[' function | application])

Imports a function that was previously exported from another separate-namespace VLX

(vl-doc-ref symbol)

Retrieves the value of a variable from the namespace of the associated document

(vl-doc-set symbol value)

Sets the value of a variable in the associated document's namespace

(vl-exit-with-error “msg”)

Passes control from a VLX error handler to the *error* function of the associated document namespace

(vl-exit-with-value value)

Returns a value to the document namespace from which the VLX was invoked

(vl-list-exported-functions [“appname”])

Lists all functions exported by the specified application, or all exported functions if no application is specified

(vl-list-loaded-vlx)

Returns a list of all separate-namespace VLX files associated with the current document

(vl-unload-vlx “appname”)

Unloads a VLX that is loaded in its own namespace (a separate-namespace VLX)

(vl-vlx-loaded-p “appname”)

Determines whether a VLX is loaded in its own namespace

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