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SETVAR or by entering modemacro at the command prompt. If you modify

the MODEMACRO setting, you can experiment with various status line formats;

however, the maximum number of characters you can enter in this manner

is 255.

If you set MODEMACRO to the null string by entering a period (.), AutoCAD

LT displays the standard status line.

Quick Reference

Commands

SETVAR

Lists or changes the values of system variables.

System Variables

MODEMACRO

Displays a text string on the status line, such as the name of the current

drawing, time/date stamp, or special modes.

Set MODEMACRO Values

You can use text strings and DIESEL to display messages in the user-defined

section of the status line.

The value of MODEMACRO determines what is displayed in the mode status

line. The simplest (and least useful) MODEMACRO consists of constant text.

For example, to display a company name in the status line, you enter the

following:

Command: modemacro

New value for MODEMACRO, or. for none <"">: Greg's Bank and Grill

This MODEMACRO value always displays the same text; the status line does

not reflect changes to the AutoCAD LT internal state. It doesn't change until

you change MODEMACRO.

To make the status line reflect the AutoCAD LT current state, enter macro

expressions using the DIESEL language in the following format:

$(somefun,arg1,arg2, ...)

In the macro expression, somefun is the name of the DIESEL function, and

arg1, arg2, and so on, are arguments to the function, interpreted according

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