Clicking on check box initiates last autocad command??

;**** the Draw punches check box ****


If I enter the line command, start drawing lines, then cancel out....
Then go to the check box labels draw punches..... it wigs out and appears to attempt to resume the "line" command....
Am I not initiating something properly?

below is the autolisp code for the check box....

(defun c:Parametrics_PM_synthesis_CheckBox1_OnClicked (nValue /)
  (if (= nVAlue 1)
  (progn
    (ied_punches)
    (ied_headed_punches)

    (make_edm_punch_from_groups)
    (make_headed_punch_from_groups)

    (setq make_punches 1);this maybe should be based on successfull completion....
  )
  (progn
    (ied_punches)
    (ied_headed_punches)
    (setq make_punches 0)
  )
);end if

(save_all_completed_operation_values_to_db)
)

Do you have "Event Invoke" set to 1 on the check box?

Yes I do....

Have you tried turning it off?

Without seeing the code and dialog I'm just guessing ...
Is the form modeless.
What is your *error* function like
Is it local

What's in your sub-routines inside the progn
Have you tried to debug/step-through the code.
.. how about adding (vl-bt) to your error trap

If Modeless, Have you looked at using something like (dcl_SendString "(ied_punches)").
from help

Modeless dialog event handlers are normally invoked in the AutoCAD application context instead of the document context. AutoLISP code running in the application context cannot call document-dependent functions like the (command) function. To deal with this problem, the control's 'Event Invoke' property may be used to trigger the event handler asynchronously in the document context, thus allowing calls to (command) to succeed. Alternatively, the event handler may be executed synchronously, but instead of calling document-dependent functions within the handler function, it can simply trigger a new command to execute in the document context via the (dcl_SendString) function.

I notice thay you have

    (ied_punches)
    (ied_headed_punches)

in both branches of the if statement.

This is fine if it's really what you want but  the logic dictates those statements be run prior to the if statement.

author=Kerry Brown link=topic=1074.msg5646#msg5646 date=1260590600 wrote:
Without seeing the code and dialog I'm just guessing ...
Is the form modeless.

If Modeless, Have you looked at using something like (dcl_SendString "(ied_punches)").
from help

Modeless dialog event handlers are normally invoked in the AutoCAD application context instead of the document context. AutoLISP code running in the application context cannot call document-dependent functions like the (command) function. To deal with this problem, the control's 'Event Invoke' property may be used to trigger the event handler asynchronously in the document context, thus allowing calls to (command) to succeed. Alternatively, the event handler may be executed synchronously, but instead of calling document-dependent functions within the handler function, it can simply trigger a new command to execute in the document context via the (dcl_SendString) function.

Kerry just an FYI, you can tell it's modeless by the titlebar in the screen shot.
Also, controls on Modal forms don't have an "Event Invoke" property, which he said he had. :)

I don't have much for error trapping (ugh)

What is this:  (vl-bt)

I tried synchronous and asynchronous, and also the "send string" method.... all do the same thing....
It must be something in my other code,  I have run into this before it's like their is a command not closing out or something...

the same code runs when pasted to the command line..

Never could get it to work....... so I switched to buttons and it worked just fine...? oh well

could anyone tell me what the (vl-bt) mentioned above does for you?

Thanks!

author=Hypersonic link=topic=1074.msg5662#msg5662 date=1260718733 wrote:
could anyone tell me what the (vl-bt) mentioned above does for you?

Hi, Hypersonic,
bt stands for backtrace. So you can follow back in which function an error occured.

Fred