Adding menu items to shortcut menu

Hi all,

I thought it would be great to add menu items to the default shortcut menu
in a VBA project.

So I use the BeginShortcutMenuDefault and EndShortcutMenu events. Menu items
appear and disapear as expected, except I get a side effect: one of the
standard menu item is 'broken'. The Repeat item instead of displaying for
example "Repeat CIRCLE", displays "Repeat %s". When my code is not active,
everything is correct.

Is it an AutoCAD bug, or is there something I am doing wrong ? Is there a
workaround ?

Thanks.

Gilles Plante

 

Gilles,

It appears that you may be violating one of the "Event handler rules"

Gary

From the VBADEV.pdf help file (Acad 2000):

You can write data to any object in the database, except the object that
issued the event

Obviously any object causing an event to be triggered could still be open
for use with AutoCAD and the operation currently in progress. Therefore,
avoid writing any information to an object from an event handler for the
same object. However, you can safely read information from the object
triggering an event. For example, suppose you have a floor that is filled
with tiles and you create an event handler attached to the border of the
floor. If you change the size of the floor, the event handler will
automatically
add or subtract tiles to fill the new area. The event handler will be
able to read the new area of the border, but it cannot attempt any changes
on the border itself.

 

Gary,

I know the rule you are talking about, but the menu is not an AutoCAD
object. Menus are described in files and loaded in memory when AutoCAD is
started.

I have tried the same code with AutoCAD 2000i, 2002 and 2004, same results.

Gilles

 

Isn't the "ShortcutMenu" object the object triggering this event? If so, you
are trying to modify that object in one of your statements.

Gary

Private Sub AcadDocument_EndShortcutMenu(ShortcutMenu As IAcadPopupMenu)

ShortcutMenu.Item(colMenuIt(I)).Delete

 

Gary,

from the on line documentation:

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BeginShortcutMenuDefault Event



Triggered after the user right-clicks on the drawing window, and before the
shortcut menu appears in default mode.

<...>

This event allows you to make changes to the shortcut menu before it is
displayed. To make changes to the shortcut menu, edit the PopupMenu object
that is passed in to your handler from the event. This same PopupMenu object
is passed out as the current shortcut menu. Use the EndShortcutMenu event to
perform any cleanup work on the shortcut menu.

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I am using the event for the purpose described. I think the answer lies in
what is not told - the example as most of the time is useless.

Gilles

 

from the on line documentation:

In that case ... I guess event "mis-handling" is not involved.

Sorry for the dead end replies.

Gary