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BKG_Rtext

Version 20120412 Beta (freeware).
Works on Bricscad V10.5, V11.4 and V12.1 for Windows.
May work on other Bricscad V10-V12 for Windows versions.
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Download link: BKG_Rtext.zip (< 20kB)

What are Rtexts?

Rtext entities (sometimes called Remote or Reactive text entities) look like normal text or mtext entities but either reference the content of a text file or display the result of a Diesel expression.

Available commands

BKG_Rtext or Brt
Creates an rtext.

BKG_RtextEdit or Brte
Edits an rtext.

BKG_RtextUpdate or Brtu
Updates rtexts.

BKG_RtextUpdate is there for a reason. Bricscad offers limited support for rtext entities and will only update them on the opening of dwg files. For example, if you are editing a text file that is used by an rtext in the current drawing, and you want the new content to be displayed, you have to either save and reopen the dwg file or use this command.

The relative path option for rtexts that reference a text file is not available for Bricscad V10 and V11. Those versions are not able to handle relative paths for rtexts and display an error text instead of the text file.

Please note that the commands that edit and update rtexts actually create new entities and delete the old ones. This is required to avoid problems with _undo and _redo.

What is new

Version 20120412:

Improved: BKG_RtextEdit will always create a new and updated entity. Even if you press enter to accept the original input.
Improved: BKG_RtextEdit and BKG_RtextUpdate now also accept a preselection.
Fixed: BKG_Rtext wrongly allowed inline mtext sequences. If a Diesel expression returned a path like "D:\Lisp", the "\L" portion was dropped from the text and interpreted as an mtext underline sequence.
Fixed: The properties of new entities created by the BKG_RtextEdit and BKG_RtextUpdate commands did not always match the original entities. The settings of one or more drawing variables could be used for the new entities.
Fixed: The handling of relative paths was not correct and as a result the absolute path was always used. Because Bricscad V10 and V11 in fact cannot handle relative paths for rtexts, the relative path option should not be available for those versions.
Changed: Multiple internal changes.
Removed: The command BKG_RtextUpdateAll has been removed. Using BKG_RtextUpdate and _all to select all entities, accomplishes the same.

Version 20110721:

Improved: Just like with the normal _text command you can now change the text style when you use BKG_Rtext.

Version 20110718:

Improved: It is also possible to enter a file name on the command line. This is useful if you want to create rtexts using a script or macro. As a consequence selecting a file has become the default option.
Improved: There is a choice between storing the absolute or relative path of a file.

Installing the program

Unpack BKG_Rtext.des from the zip file in a folder in the search path and follow the instructions you can find here.

To load the program automatically add one of these code segments to on_doc_load.lsp:

(load "BKG_Rtext")

(autoload
  "BKG_Rtext"
  '(
    "Brt"  "BKG_Rtext"
    "Brte" "BKG_RtextEdit"
    "Brtu" "BKG_RtextUpdate"
  )
)