Topic: Action tile for Help and Info buttons

[Coder]

Hello everyone . 

I searched for the action tiles that I can use to control the buttons HELP and INFO in a DCL file , but I did not find anything helpful .

Can somebody help me with it please ?

Thanks in advance .

[Coder]

With errtile we can use the set_tile to prompt a message to user in the the same DCL file ,
like this

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(set_tile "error" "You can only select one option")

Then how to set the tile for HELP and INFO buttons ?
like this .

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ok_cancel_help_info;


[Stefan]

Hello everyone . 

I searched for the action tiles that I can use to control the buttons HELP and INFO in a DCL file , but I did not find anything helpful .

Can somebody help me with it please ?

Thanks in advance .

You can define actions for HELP and INFO.

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...
(action_tile "help" "(get_help)")
(action_tile "info" "(alert \"Press OK to exit\")")
...

(defun get_help ( / f)
 (if
   (setq f (findfile "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Autodesk Shared\\acadauto.chm"))
   (startapp "hh.exe" f)
   )
  )

[kruuger]

With errtile we can use the set_tile to prompt a message to user in the the same DCL file ,
like this

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(set_tile "error" "You can only select one option")

Then how to set the tile for HELP and INFO buttons ?
like this .

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ok_cancel_help_info;


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ok_cancel_help_info;
buttins are defined in base.dcl file under autocad support path.
you can't change the label but you can create your own set of buttons.

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BUTTONS : button { width = 13; fixed_width = true; fixed_height = true; }

BUTTONS_INSERT_CANCEL_HELP
  : row { alignment = centered; fixed_width = true;
    : BUTTONS { key = "INSERT"; label = "&Insert"; is_default = true; }
    : BUTTONS { key = "CANCEL"; label = "&Cancel"; is_cancel = true; }
    : BUTTONS { key = "HELP"; label = "&Help"; }
}
i think that you need to start here:
http://www.jefferypsanders.com/autolisp_DCL.html
http://www.afralisp.net/dialog-control-language/
k.

[GP]

Or directly in the .DCL

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       : button {
       fixed_width=true;
       width=13;
       height=2.2;       
       key="help";
       label= "Help";
       action = "(help \"C:/Program Files/Common Files/Autodesk Shared/acadauto.chm\"\)";       
       }


[Coder]

Thank you all for this nice solutions . all works greatly 

GP Your way to add an action in the DCL file is new to me , than you .

Very helpful guys .

[GP]

You're welcome Coder