ID layout tab name

In my plot stamp (Rtext / Diesel; mostly cribbed from help) I would like
to include the Layout Name but cannot find a system variable or other
program reference like a table. How can I find it?

rs

 

Try this:

(defun LAYOUTS (/ LAYOUT)
(setq LAYOUT_LIST NIL)
(vlax-for LAYOUT (vla-get-layouts (vla-get-ActiveDocument
(vlax-get-acad-object)))
(setq LAYOUT_LIST (append LAYOUT_LIST (list (vla-get-name LAYOUT))))
)
)

 

Even easier:

(layoutlist)

 

$(getvar, ctab)

 

Quic reactions! Thanks folks.

rs

 

Careful!

The Current Tab (CTAB) and the tab associated with
the Layout in which the RTEXT resides, is not the same.

If your RTEXT is in paperspace, and you want the name
of the layout for the containing paper space to appear
in the text, then CTAB doesn't give you that (although
it may appear to, since you will only see it when the
layout is current).

If you only plot the layout when it is current (and I'm
not even sure you can plot it if it's not current) then
this may not matter. Otherwise, you can't use DIESEL to
specify this, you must explicitly set the text to the
name of the layout (and manage/update it accordingly).

 

Oh, oh. I *did* use ctab. Let's try it: . . . Ok, it worked for 2 tabs.
I think I'll let it ride for a bit 'til I get a chance to try it on all
27 tabs. When the plot engine does more than one tab it will switch to
the next highlighted tab and regen before plotting, so the ctab has a
chance to update.

HOWEVER. Upon close examination, the built-in plot stamp will show the
layout name too, so I will go with that for now.

Thanks,

rs

 

Did you test it Tony? I did and could find no problem
with Rtext in each layout having the diesel $(getvar,ctab)