vba form versus plot window

All,
hellpppppppppppppp all, hope fully some1 has come across my problem before.
1. i have added a form to the plot button so that when i click on the plot button a form pops up for me to select a drawing stamp regarding the status of the drawing b4 it is printed however when i plot preview the form still shows, how can i resolve this but still have the form pop up when the plotting process is finished :

CODE:

Me.Hide
ThisDrawing.SendCommand "PLOT "
Me.Show vbModeless

THANKS

 

You need to use the BeginPlot event.

Add the following to a class module called MyEvents (or whatever):
<code block>
Option Explicit

Public WithEvents App As AcadApplication
Public WithEvents Doc As AcadDocument

Private Sub App_BeginPlot(ByVal DrawingName As String)

' add your pre-processing code here

End Sub
</code block>

Then add the following to a standard module:
<code block>
Option Explicit

Dim X As New MyEvents

Sub Stamp()
Set X.App = ThisDrawing.Application
End Sub
</code block>

Now you just need to run the Stamp macro to get things started.



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Ed
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All,
hellpppppppppppppp all, hope fully some1 has come across my problem before.
1. i have added a form to the plot button so that when i click on the plot button a form pops up for me to select a drawing stamp regarding the status of the drawing b4 it is printed however when i plot preview the form still shows, how can i resolve this but still have the form pop up when the plotting process is finished :

CODE:

Me.Hide
ThisDrawing.SendCommand "PLOT "
Me.Show vbModeless

THANKS

 

Thanks Ed, But could you explain a bit more on your code b4 i use it thanks.

Adrian

 

thanks ED, ive sorted it but is there a end plot command so i can bring this form up again to reset some layers ?

 

Sure. Now that you've declared an application object in the Declarations section, the ide is able to show you all it's methods and events. Put your cursor in the BeginPlot event procedure. Then drop down the listbox in the upper right and click on the EndPlot event and the ide will add the procedure signature to your module. You can also find an object's events/methods/properties in the Object Browser and then click on the ? to get help on that method.