-Attext and dialogbox

Hello,

I am trying to execute the "-Attext" command, via
ThisDrawing.SendCommand ("-ATTEXT" & vbCr & "SDF" & _ vbCr & "TemplateFile.TXT" & vbCr & "OutPutFile.TXT" _
& vbCr & "Y" )

The problem is that whenever I execute the code, a dialogbox pops up to request the Template file and the out put file. How do I supress the dialogbox and just have vba enter in the commands...
I would have sworn there was some sort of code to receive input values for the AutoCAD command line.
thanks,
Daniel

 

Solution:

The "-" character before the "Attext" command tells autocad to supress the dialog box. For some reason this does not work. One option that I have come across is to set "FileDia" to 0. In other words, issue this command before the "-Attext" command:
.Sendcommand("FileDia" & vbcr & "0" & vbcr)

 

instead of using sendcommand to set a system variable use setvariable... for eg:
ThisDrawing.SetVariable "FILEDIA", 0

 

The "-" character before the "Attext" command tells autocad to supress the dialog box. For some reason this does not work.
That only works from the actual command line, not through code unless you
issue the FILEDIA first.

Never use the sendcommand unless you absolutely have to! In this case use
SetVariable("FILEDIA", 0)

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