Preselecting a dialog box tab

Is there a way in VBA to preslect a dialog tab in a dialog box, similar to
the menu method

[&Osnap Settings...]'_+dsettings 2

 

Allen

Try this:
ThisDrawing.SendCommand "_+dsettings" & vbCrLf & "2"

Cheers

 

I was actually wanting to select the third tab of the UCS dialog.
I had tried this and it didn't work:

ThisDrawing.SendCommand "dducs "
SendKeys "+{TAB}{LEFT}{LEFT}"

I then tried your suggestion but it doesn't recognise the command +DDUCS

 

Hi Allen

Unfortunately not all dialogs with registers have this feature. Once
opened, you've no possibility to use 'SendKeys'...8-(

Cheers

 

Yeah, that's what I figured (but was still hoping someone might have a way).
Oh, well.

Thanks

 

I might have good news for you Allen. Sometimes you can successfully send keystrokes to a dialog box by sending them *before* you activate the dialog.

I notice your example went LEFT on the tabs. I'm not sure if you have a different dialog than me but if I want to get to the Settings tab I have to go RIGHT. The following worked for me:
[pre]
AppActivate "AutoCAD 2002"
SendKeys "+{TAB}{RIGHT}{RIGHT}"
ThisDrawing.SendCommand "dducs" & vbCr
[/pre]
Regards

Wayne Ivory
IT Analyst Programmer
Wespine Industries Pty Ltd

 

Hi Wayne

I didn't recognize this possibility, thanks for the information.
BTW I'm working with this sequence:

SendKeys "^{TAB}^{TAB}"
ThisDrawing.SendCommand "_DDUCS" & vbCr

Cheers

 

Thanks! That works!

 

I could never tell my right hand from my left!

 

It's the one on the right.

BWAAAAHAHA!!

(Excuse me.) Glad the solution worked. ;-)

Wayne