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in good programming its harder to know when code will fail or do things you don't want. If your ok with turning off all layers that end in -PT. might have some layer that doesn't have points or something. The command might do this already cant test right now but list out all layers that were turned off as a double check. and while command is slower than vla or entmake and has some other quarks its often times simpler/easier to use. as this for example two lines of code vers what i just posted. (defun c:foo ( / doc layers lay name laylist) (vl-load-com) (setq laylist '()) (vla-StartUndoMark (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))) (setq layers (vla-get-Layers doc)) (vlax-for lay layers (if (wcmatch (setq name (strcase (vla-get-Name lay))) "*-PT") (progn (setq laylist (cons name laylist)) ;build list of layer names (vla-put-Freeze lay :vlax-true) (vla-put-Off lay :vlax-true) ) ) ) (vla-EndUndoMark doc) (if laylist (progn (princ (strcat "\nLayers frozen and turned off (" (itoa (length laylist)) "):\n")) (foreach n (reverse laylist) (princ (strcat " " n "\n")) ) ) (princ "\nNo Layers Matching *-PT found.") ) (princ) ) You could probably combine those two functions into one using ldata as a toggle between on and off. ill post later tonight.

This will toggle between states using ldata to remember last state. Defaults to turning off if the command hasn't been run before. ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------;; ; Toggle Freeze state of layers with -PT suffix ; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/99073-autolisp-routine-not-working-in-german-autcad/ (defun c:foo (/ frz) (or (setq frz (vlax-ldata-get "frz" "toggle")) (setq frz "Off")) (if (eq frz "Off") (progn (vlax-ldata-put "frz" "toggle" "On") (command-s "_-layer" "_freeze" "*-PT" "") (command-s "_-layer" "_off" "*-PT" "") ) (progn (vlax-ldata-put "frz" "toggle" "Off") (command-s "_-layer" "_thaw" "*-PT" "") (command-s "_-layer" "_on" "*-PT" "") ) ) (princ) )

Oh dear, my mistake. I didn't think it through. It's obvious that objects cant be frozen or turned off so I rewrote and shortened my functions to this: ; Freeze and turn off layers with -PT suffix (defun c:zOff () (command-s "_-layer" "_freeze" "*-PT" "") (command-s "_-layer" "_off" "*-PT" "") (princ) ) ; Thaw and turn on layers with -PT suffix (defun c:zOn () (command-s "_-layer" "_thaw" "*-PT" "") (command-s "_-layer" "_on" "*-PT" "") (princ) ) Now they do exactly what I need them to, but is that foolproof? I tested the function in a drawing that contains at least one of the above mentioned layers and on a drawing that doesn't. No issues, only a message like "no matching layers found". That should be fine. I've read that VL(A(X))-functions are faster, but the code code would be bulky. Do you recommend something different from my code? Best regards

I'm assuming its the new Notepad and not the one from 1995. it defaults to copy text with formatting. You have three options. You can change the default font and size in notepad settings, disable formatting also in settings ,or use Ctrl + Shift + V to paste as plain text. there also might be a right click paste as plain text option.

much easier to use the coords pastable.. I use them mid command with !pp <prev.point>... and needed to comment line '056'

You cant freeze\off only the points its either the whole layer or nothing. this makes a selection set and process it to find what layers they are on and turns feezes and turns off those layers. if their are other things on that layer they will also be frozen and off. (defun c:test01 ( / ss lay laylst) (vl-load-com) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (setq layers (vla-get-Layers doc)) (if (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((0 . "AECC_COGO_POINT") (8 . "*-PT")))) (foreach ent (vl-remove-if 'listp (mapcar 'cadr (ssnamex ss))) (setq lay (cdr (assoc 8 (entget ent)))) (if (not (member lay laylst)) (setq laylst (cons lay laylst)) ) ) (foreach lay laylst (setq layerObj (vla-Item layers lay)) (vla-put-Freeze layerObj :vlax-true) (vla-put-Off layerObj :vlax-true) ) (prompt "\nNo matching COGO points found.") ) (princ) )

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