Is this possible?

Can I set up a dwg file to display a message every time it is inserted as a
block or x-ref?

The reason being is to inform a user about issues which need to be
customized upon inserting a standard detail from a library. In the past we
have just put this info an a non-plot layer, but I thought this would be a
better alternative.

Thanks,
Jeffrey K. Ries

 

Jeffrey

For xrefs, If it is possible to maintain a list containing all the relevant
xrefs (DrawingList), the following should do the trick.

(vlr-xref-reactor
nil
'(VLR-beginAttach . CheckXrefName))
)

(defun CheckXrefname (callingReactor XrefInfo / DrawingList)
(setq XrefName (nth 1 XrefInfo))
(setq DrawingList
(list
"C:\\YourDrawingPath\\YourDrawingName.dwg"
"C:\\YourDrawingPath\\AnotherDrawingName.dwg"
)
)
(if
(member XrefName DrawingList)
(progn
(alert "Xref attached is in Master List")
;;Do your stuff here
)
)
(princ)
)

Don't know about insertions though.

Steve

 

Jeffrey,

You could use a commandended reactor to fire after an insert, then use
(entlast) to interrogate the block to see if it's in the list also.

Steve