Caption Property (ActiveX)

Signature

VBA:

object.Caption

object

Type: Application, PopupMenuItem

The objects this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No (except for PopupMenuItem objects)

Type: String

Title displayed in the AutoCAD application window or for a menu item on a popup menu.

Remarks

For a menu item, this property is read-only and is derived from the Label property by removing any DIESEL string expressions.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Caption()
    ' This example returns the caption for the current
    ' AutoCAD session.
    
    ' Get the Caption property
    Dim strCaption As String
    strCaption = ThisDrawing.Application.Caption
    MsgBox "The caption for this session is " & ThisDrawing.Application.Caption, , "Caption Example"
    
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Caption()
    ;; This example returns the caption for the current
    ;; AutoCAD session.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    
    ;; Get the Caption property
    (setq strCaption (vla-get-Caption acadObj))
    (alert (strcat "The caption for this session is " strCaption))
)