Setting layer Plotstyle in VBA

I'm trying to create a VBA routine which will create layers from a comma
delimited file. The file will contain all the layer setting including Name,
Freeze/thaw, On/off, Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Plotstyle. I have been
able to get the routine to create the layers with everything correct,
however I can't get the routine to assign a plotstyle to the layer.

I'm attempting to set the plotstyle by using the
NEWLAYER.PlotStyleName = LAYPLOTSTYLE

where NEWLAYER is defined as the layer I'm creating and LAYPLOTSYLE is the
name of the style I want set to that layer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

The Help File specifies the property is

String; read-write (write-only for the Group object)
The plot style name for the object.

I interpret this to mean it is read only for all objects other than the Group object. I can't modify it manually in the layer properties dialog.

Regards - Nathan

 

I read that in the help file. However I have another routine that changes
some existing layer settings that allows me to set the plotstylename. I've
compared the the two files and can't figure out why one is letting me set
the property and my new one is not.

 

Is it safe to assume that the drawing is set to use STBs??? If the drawing
is set to use CTBs, then you cannot set a plot style for a layer.
-- Mike
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Yes the drawing is setup to use .STB's and the correct plot style table file
is loaded and set as the default to be used for all drawings.

thanks

 

The name-based plot styles need to exist in the drawing before you can
assign them to the layer's property. Just loading the .stb file is not
enough. The easiest way to make sure they exist is to assign each style to
an AcadEntity before you attempt to assign it to the Layer object.

--
R. Robert Bell


I'm trying to create a VBA routine which will create layers from a comma
delimited file. The file will contain all the layer setting including Name,
Freeze/thaw, On/off, Color, Linetype, Lineweight, Plotstyle. I have been
able to get the routine to create the layers with everything correct,
however I can't get the routine to assign a plotstyle to the layer.

I'm attempting to set the plotstyle by using the
NEWLAYER.PlotStyleName = LAYPLOTSTYLE

where NEWLAYER is defined as the layer I'm creating and LAYPLOTSYLE is the
name of the style I want set to that layer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Thanks I'll try this and see if that fixes my problem