Setting attdia, filedia, blipmode, etc....

historically I have set these variables at startup via lisp with something like
(if (= (getvar "blipmode") 1)(progn
(princ "\nDisabling Blips (BLIPMODE to 0)\n")
(setvar "blipmode" 0)))

I have now been setting config settings via VL like
(vla-put-TempFilePath AFILES (getenv "temp"))

so for a startup routine to set common variables, whats the best way to do it?
Can I use VL to set things like attdia, filedia, blipmode, etc.....


David

 

Hi David

I wouldn't...
The vla thingis are working with variants:
_$ (setq OldOsm (vla-GetVariable *AcadDoc* "OSMODE"))
#<variant 2 535>
You've to convert them...
(ok, not necessary if you use the value to reset the old state):
_$ (setq OldOsm (vlax-variant-value (vla-GetVariable *AcadDoc* "OSMODE")))
535
Another way is to use vlax-invoke:
_$ (vlax-invoke *AcadDoc* 'GetVariable "OSMODE")
535
But - last not least why not using the easiest way?
(getvar "OSMODE")
535

Cheers