DCL/LSP help

in DCL file:

: button {
label = "Get Distance";
key = "dist";
action = "(setq dist1 (getdist))";
}


in LSP file:

(action_tile "dist" "(setq dist1 (getdist)))

What am i doing wrong. I want to click the button and be able to get a dist
off screen. I canot get it to work. Any help is appriciated.

TIA
aw

 

When a start_dialog function is called, the dialog box takes complete
control of the user interface. The getdist function will not automatically
hide the dialog to allow interactive input in the graphical window. You
need to manually hide the dialog by using a done_dialog call. See Functions
for Hiding Dialog Boxes in the AutoCAD Developer Help.

- Jason