repeating a macro, * doesn't work

I'v made a button that aligns 1 object with the 2 points without scaling it.
I want it to repeat itself.
I thought I could do that with the asterix * , but this doesn't work.
How can I repeat this button?

^C^C.align;\;\\\\;n;

Thanks,

laura

 

I'm sorry but I don't see the * in your code .... should look like this
.....

^C^C*_align;\;\\\\;n;

 

Hi Chip,

When I use this I get
"Unknown command "*_ALIGN". Press F1 for help. "

I've tried the asterix before the command and that didn't work
*^C^C.align;\;\\\\;n;

laura

 

It might depend on where you have this menu macro in your menu structure.
Help says:

"Menu macro repetition does not work for items in Image tile menus."

Also, I hope it doesn't matter, but all the examples in Help, illustrating
menu macro repetition, have the command name without the leading ".", so you
might try doing it that way and see whether that works.

Kent Cooper, AIA


...

 

on the command line you can try this
and then put it in your macro

multiple

Enter command name to repeat:

align


Initializing...

 

I hadn't heard of this command, but I'm going to use it. It's very good.

It works with commands like line, erase etc., but not with the align
command.
Is align not some hidden lisproutine in AutoCAD 2000i and is that the reason
it doesn't work?

I've tried it with all the possible combinations. Also withhout the "."

I'm using the macro under a button so I don't think it's in a "Image tile
menu"
I've consulted help on this topic. But I could be wrong.


Laura

 

Just for your information, "multiple" doesn't work with Align in 2004
either. I wonder whether that has anything to do with the fact that the
*^C^C beginning of you macro routine doesn't work? It shouldn't, because I
think that beginning is supposed to "store" the overall macro and recall it,
which I would think should work even if a particular command within it
doesn't happen to work with "multiple".

Kent Cooper, AIA

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When I use it without the ^C^C I get
"Unknown command "*_ALIGN". Press F1 for help. "
(tried it with *-ALIGN, *.ALIGN, *ALIGN etc.)

I've got a not so very elegant solution and that is copy the command inside
the button, like

..align;\;\\\\;n;.align;\;\\\\;n;.align;\;\\\\;n;.align;\;\\\\;n;.align;\;\\\
\;n;

laura

 

Hi Laura

AFAIK 'Align' is an arx command, therefore it doesn't work with * and
multiple...

Cheers

 

Maybe this is a place to use a defined "command" using defun. If you defun
something called (for example) ALIGNSTUFF into a custom command, then at
least you can call it up with a button or menu item somewhere (or name it
something much shorter and type it in), and then recall it instantly as many
times as you want with Enter.

Kent Cooper, AIA


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Replace: ^C^C.align;\;\\\\;n;
With:
^c^c(defun C:ALN ()(command ".align" "" pause "" pause pause pause pause "" "n" "")) (C:ALN)

Bob