Layout Name

Can someone give a piece of code that will return the name of the current
layout. I've tried to find a way to do so through getvar, etc. to no avail.
Maybe I just don't know how. Any help would greatly appreciated. Can this
possibly be handled through diesel functions?

 

(getvar "ctab")???

ThisDrawing.GetVariable "CTAB" ?????

 

in addition to the method Jeff gave you,
this will return the same thing

MsgBox ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout.Name

sounds like you may want to review the basic object model some more.

 

in addition to the method Jeff gave you,

Or MsgBox ThisDrawing.GetVariable("CTAB")

Before that he needs to define his intent and decide upon a language - he's
referenced autolisp. visuallisp, doslib and vba in his three posts. If
he's up in the air, he'll get better responses from the customization ng
not this ng.

And, his intent to date can be handled by telling his users to right-click
on the tab of choice, select rename and they get their dialog box - done
deal. Why make a routine for something already in the box - unless this is
part of something larger that has yet to be communicated.

-- Mike
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Mike Tuersley
CADalyst's CAD Clinic
Rand IMAGINiT Technologies
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Mikes right, it is a part of something larger. We're using a thrid party
software where the sheet layout name is used to create bookmarks in PDF's.
So instead of having the layout names left at the default name "work", they
need to be named as it appears in the sheet title. So I was building a
routine that would rename the layout tab while updating the sheet title in
the title block. Due to my still limited programming knowlege ( Iknow about
enough to get myself into trouble) I used an array of avenues to arrive at
my result including stanadard ACAD variables. Everyone, yourself included
has been very helpful and I am very thankful. Thanks to our collegues input
I am happy to report that my endeavor has ended with success.

 

Good starting point.

Great ending point.