MLineStyle loading problem... (VBA)

Is there any example of how to load saved MLine Style (.MLN) into the
dictionary via VBA? The rest of how to use the MLineStyle, etc. is well
known, but loading it from file...?

As all other efforts to load the .MNL programmatically failed, I was forced
to cerate .dwt template with preloaded MLineStyle in it. It looks a horrible
solution to me.

Thanks for any tip,
Maksim Sestic

 

How about inserting a block that contains the mlinestyle you need, then
deleting the block? We did that for some time (not via vba, but I don't see
why you couldn't do it just as easily that way), and it worked fairly well
for our needs.

 

I think I tried that approach already, but I'll try it again. Strange thing
that there is NO mention of loading .MLN MLineStyles anywhere down the NG...

Regards,
Maksim Sestic

 

Yes, it's working. Although, I would like to load it programatically but
there is no hint of how to do it.

Regards,
Maksim Sestic

 

Maksim,
You can create an mlinestyle programmatically (it's not extremely easy, but
possible) using AutoLISP. I don't know if it's possible to do so with vba.
(I've looked for "Eureka!" announcements of success in this group, but
haven't seen any thus far, fwiw).

If you're inclined to give AutoLISP a shot, here's some example code showing
one way you might be able to do this (the mlinestyle code is near the end of
the first link):

http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/stdlib/ENTMAKE.LSP

help/explanations:
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/stdlib/docs/STDLIB.HLP

Also see the .dxf group code references in the main AutoCAD help files
relating to mlines and mlinestyles.

hth,
David Kozina