Attribute locating.

R2005:

I have been working on a block reference with attributes and have two question:

1) Is there a way to locate the attributes when adding to the reference that's similar to the "locate below previous attribute" that you use with the command?

2)When I insert the block, is there a way to get the dialog box to edit attributes to pop up like with the command?

Here is my code:

Code:

;---;
(if (vl-catch-all-error-p
(vl-catch-all-apply '(lambda ()(vla-item *blocks* "TAG")))
)
(progn
(setq BlkObj (vla-Add *blocks* (vlax-3D-Point bip) "TAG")       ;add block to collection.
)
(vla-AddAttribute BlkObj Sclf acAttributeModeVerify "" (vlax-3d-point bip) "PART#" "")
(vla-AddAttribute BlkObj Sclf acAttributeModeVerify "" (vlax-3d-point bip) "MATERIAL" "ALUMINUM")
(vla-AddAttribute BlkObj Sclf acAttributeModeVerify "" (vlax-3d-point bip) "THICKNESS" "0.100")
(vla-AddAttribute BlkObj Sclf acAttributeModeVerify "" (vlax-3d-point bip) "ANGLE" "ABS")
(vla-AddAttribute BlkObj Sclf acAttributeModeVerify "" (vlax-3d-point bip) "MIRROR" "NO")
)
)
(setq Blk1 (vla-InsertBlock *mspace* (vlax-3D-Point bip) "TAG" 1 1 1 0)
)

TIA

Bill

 

Okay,
I see I finally stumped everyone. ;^)

I did come up with a workaround for the locating.

(setq plst (cons bip plst))
(repeat 4
(setq bip (mapcar '+ (list 0 -1.5 0) bip) plst (cons bip plst))
)
I still would like some ideas on the best way to get the vla-insert to display the "Enter Attributes" dialog like it does using the insert command and attdia =1.

TIA

Bill

 

Okay,

(vl-cmdf "_.ddatte" (vlax-vla-object->ename Blk1))

Best I can come up with. ;-)

Bill