Changing Width of XLIST Dialog Box

I have always complained about how narrow the XLIST dialog box is.

When XLISTing an object on an XREF, the layer name the object is on always gets truncated because the xref filename prefix can be so long.

Even though I am NOT familiar with DCL programming, I decided to take a shot at it to see if I can modify the code so the dialog box is wider.

After looking at the code for a while, I changed all the "sLayer" widths from a value of 31 to a new value of 125, and it seems to work.

Of course, I made a backup copy of the original XLIST.dcl file in case something funky happens

 

you can have even more fun with the base.dcl file in your support folder...
do an (findfile "base.dcl") to locate it.

murrayc <>
|>I have always complained about how narrow the XLIST dialog box is.
|>
|>When XLISTing an object on an XREF, the layer name the object is on always gets truncated because the xref filename prefix can be so long.
|>
|>Even though I am NOT familiar with DCL programming, I decided to take a shot at it to see if I can modify the code so the dialog box is wider.
|>
|>After looking at the code for a while, I changed all the "sLayer" widths from a value of 31 to a new value of 125, and it seems to work.
|>
|>Of course, I made a backup copy of the original XLIST.dcl file in case something funky happens

James Maeding
jmaeding at hunsaker dot com
Civil Engineer/Programmer