Layer filter selector

Has anyone created or found a script that will allow a user to select and
apply a layer filter to the properties bar without having to open layer
manager? It is cumbersome to have to open layer manager everytime I need to
set a different layer filter.

Perhaps a VBA app could be made with a drop down to pick a
filter and apply it to the layer tools bar. Any ideas?

 

Hi Neil,

Set FileDia to 0 and Cmddia to 0 then type Layer at the command line.
Follow the prompts and see if you can set a filter from there. It you can
it is extremely easy to add this to a toolbar.

Also have a look at Terry Dotson's LOSWITCH.
www.dotsoft.com

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Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au

 

Thanks for the suggestions Laurie. Terry's utility seems to be intended for
using layer states, while I am wanting to work with filters.

As to the command line variables, I can see how I could make a tool to
invoke the layer manager, but that is already available on the layer manager
tool bar. The objective is to circumvent the layer manager altogether and
simply select a filter and apply it to the layer drop down list.

 

I see now you were suggesting to use the -layer command which invokes
command line to access layer managment. However there appear to be no
command line options for layer filters.

Would have been nice!

 

I have loaded your application and it does do the job Tony. Your program
demonstrates that it is possible to access the layer filters through
programming, contrary to what one poster thought. Since I am not proficient
in programming, I will ask if it would be difficult to create a means to
select the existing filters with a dialogue (VBA form?). I am not asking
that you do this, only whether it would be complicated. If it would not be
alot to ask, would you be willing to outline the approach you would take?

Since you created your program in LISP, was there an obstacle to using VBA,
or was it because you are more proficient in LISP?

Thank you for taking the time!

 

Yes you can make a dialog to select a layer filter, but I thought
that you wanted to do it via the command line, or a custom menu
(so for example, a pull down menu or sub-menu might have your
commonly used layer filters).

As far as doing it in LISP, that's only a wrapper for the ObjectARX
code (which is exposed via ActiveX so it can be used from LISP
or from VB/A), so it can be done in either language.

 

Thanks Tony. I'll have to dig into it to see if I can make it work.