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Trigger on opening a layout (how to make ruler not selectable)?

drdanmc

I would like my layouts to open with ruler objects set to not selectable.  I can do this in the GUI by picking the objects tab in the Pallette assistant and unchecking ruler selectability.  Alternatively, I can use this bit of skill code:

pteSetSelectable("Rulers" nil "Objects") 

however, I can't seem to find a good cdsinit way of doing this.  I scanned over the layout and layoutXL environment variable settings and nothing popped out as the right thing.  I also looked for a way to register a trigger function to run when the layout editor is started and also struck out.  Any suggestions?  Again the goal is to have ruler objects not selectable by default when I open layouts.

Thanks

-Dan

  • Dan,

    If you are calling this from a user post install trigger (defined with deRegUserTriggers), then I think you may have to use:

    leSetObjectSelectable("Rulers" nil)

    as the palette (pte) functions are not initialised until after the first design is loaded (subsequent windows would have worked, but not the first).

    procedure(CCFpostInstallTrig(_args)
      ;pteSetSelectable("Rulers" nil "Objects")
      leSetObjectSelectable("Rulers" nil)
    )

    deRegUserTriggers("maskLayout" nil nil 'CCFpostInstallTrig)

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Thanks Andrew! As always, your help is much appreciated and right on target. I often find that my biggest challenge in skill programming is getting to the right spot in the documentation. Anyway, now that deRegUserTriggers is in my vocabulary it is all working nicely. Thanks again.

    -Dan

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