Hardcode lineweight

Hello,

I want to temporarly change the layer lineweight from "bylayer" to .8mm.
I've tried;

ThisDrawing.SetVariable "celweight", 80

and it doesnt work! I am currently using

ThisDrawing.SetVariable "celweight", -1

to set the lineweight to "bylayer". I must be close....what am I doing
wrong?

Thanks,
Eugene

 

How about something like:
[pre]
ThisDrawing.Layers("MyLayer").Lineweight = acLnWt080
[/pre]
Regards

Wayne Ivory
IT Analyst Programmer
Wespine Industries Pty Ltd

 

Thank's Wayne, but I dont think that is what I want to do. I dont want to
change the layer "bylayer" lineweight, but instead change the lineweight
from "bylayer" to .8mm. In further detail;

I have two buttons that both place text per our office standard, one places
General Text, the other places Title text.
Our text layer for both General and Title text is called C-ANNO-TEXT, with a
"bylayer" lineweight of .2
General text goes on this level and has the lineweight property "bylayer"
Title text goes on this level also, but instead of having a lineweight
property of "bylayer (.2)" it will have a hard coded weight of .8 to make it
bold.
We use simplex so there isnt a "bold" option.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Eugene

 

Take your MText object, and modify the Lineweight property with the value
Wayne gave you.

--
R. Robert Bell


Thank's Wayne, but I dont think that is what I want to do. I dont want to
change the layer "bylayer" lineweight, but instead change the lineweight
from "bylayer" to .8mm. In further detail;

I have two buttons that both place text per our office standard, one places
General Text, the other places Title text.
Our text layer for both General and Title text is called C-ANNO-TEXT, with a
"bylayer" lineweight of .2
General text goes on this level and has the lineweight property "bylayer"
Title text goes on this level also, but instead of having a lineweight
property of "bylayer (.2)" it will have a hard coded weight of .8 to make it
bold.
We use simplex so there isnt a "bold" option.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Eugene

 

Thanks guys!
That will work great. I have a very stupid question though regarding
declaring variables. I have two forms one called BlockMan the other called
ufMtxt.
I have declaried sMtxt as AcadMText using.

Public sMtxt As AcadMText
Option Explicit

I thought that would allow me to use sMtxt within the BlockMan form....it
doesnt.

What do I need to do to declare sMtxt so the value can be used throught my
project?

-Eugene

 

Got er' figured.