toggle plot stamp and layout display

First of all, I would like to create 2 buttons for the plot stamps, one for on and one for off. Secondly, since I do not have layout for all my drawings, so I have the layout display turned off. But, drawings from others have layouts. I would like to create a button to toggle this so I can check if the drawing I opened have more than I layout. Is there any variables to control these ? Appreciate any suggestion.

 

I use script and lisp extensively for plotting without going through the clumsy dialog in house. Sometime just forget whether the plot stamp is on or not. A few time I issued drawings with stamp on which is a no no for official documents. Nobody have any suggestion ? May be it is a wish list item ? There is a lot of space to add a few icons at the bottom tray with this kind of variables.

 

Try this old post: http://tinyurl.com/4sfq3 also known as

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...todesk.autocad.customization&lr=&num=20&hl=en

Also try an advanced googled groups search:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_g...ization&num=20&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1

searching for (including quotes)
"Dialogs\\Plot Stamp"

Dan

clumsy dialog in house. Sometime just forget whether the plot stamp is on or
not. A few time I issued drawings with stamp on which is a no no for
official documents. Nobody have any suggestion ? May be it is a wish list
item ? There is a lot of space to add a few icons at the bottom tray with
this kind of variables.

 

Thank you Dan fro the reply. Plot stamp would work the way I am looking for. However, still do not know a way to toggle the layout display. Anybody has any suggestion ? Thanks.

 

I'm not clear on what you need for "toggle layout display", please post
again.

Dan

for. However, still do not know a way to toggle the layout display. Anybody
has any suggestion ? Thanks.

 

Hi Dan, I usually turn off the display of layout tag at the bottom of the screen since all my drawings do not have more than one layout. But the drawings from others have. To check the layout, I have to go through the 'option' to have them to display. Wondering if there is a shortcut to turn this on or off. Ben.

 

In 2000i at least, plot stamp settings are not saved by drawing/layout, but
in the registry dialog settings just like the plotstamp file name. Use the
code I referenced earlier, but switch "PSPFilename" with "PlotStamp" and
toggle between 0 & 1 to turn on/off. You'll need to experiment a little with
the code.
Check out the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R15.0\ACAD-1:409\Profiles\Dan\Di
alogs\Plot Stamp

Obviously using your acad version in lieu of R15.0 and your profile in lieu
of Dan.

Dan

screen since all my drawings do not have more than one layout. But the
drawings from others have. To check the layout, I have to go through the
'option' to have them to display. Wondering if there is a shortcut to turn
this on or off. Ben.

 

Dan, really appriciate your help. I think I may be mislead you about my question. For plot stamp, I found the solution by simply using '-plotstamp' on/off in the command line using a script to toggle this. However, the layout is a entirely different issue. What I meant is the strip at the bottom of the screen that display the different layout name plus model tag. To maximize the screen area, I usually turn this off since all my drawings have one layout only. Drawings from others would have more than one. That is the time I need to check. To check this I can use 'layout' in command line with '?', or go to pulldown 'option' 'display' and tick the layout display. What I am looking for is a way using a lisp or script to toggle this with one pick. So I do not need to repeat the steps to turn this on and then turn this off. Ben.

 

Ben,

I understand now, sorry I've never tried that. You could explore the
registry to try similar code or search for a vl- command. For other help try
reposting with a new subject.

Dan

question. For plot stamp, I found the solution by simply using '-plotstamp'
on/off in the command line using a script to toggle this. However, the
layout is a entirely different issue. What I meant is the strip at the
bottom of the screen that display the different layout name plus model tag.
To maximize the screen area, I usually turn this off since all my drawings
have one layout only. Drawings from others would have more than one. That is
the time I need to check. To check this I can use 'layout' in command line
with '?', or go to pulldown 'option' 'display' and tick the layout display.
What I am looking for is a way using a lisp or script to toggle this with
one pick. So I do not need to repeat the steps to turn this on and then turn
this off. Ben.

 

Thank you Dan for your time.