AutoLISP example – create a Table (using ActiveX)

Here is a Visual Lisp example that uses the ActiveX interface to create a table:

By Wayne Brill

(defun c:addMyTable ( / ActiveDocument mSpace pt
              myTable nRows nCols row cell )
  (vl-load-com)
  (setq ActiveDocument (vla-get-activedocument
             (vlax-get-acad-object)))
  (setq mSpace(vla-get-modelspace ActiveDocument))
  (setq pt (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble
                                   ‘(0 . 2)))
  ;insertion point for the table
  (vlax-safearray-fill pt ‘(2.0 2.0 0.0))
  (setq myTable
     (vla-addtable mSpace pt 5 5 10 30))
  (vla-setcelltextheight myTable 0 0 5)
  (vla-settext myTable 0 0 "myTable")
 
  ;rows and columns zero based
  (setq nRows(- (vla-get-rows myTable) 1))
  (setq nCols(- (vla-get-columns myTable) 1))
 
  ; rows and columns after row 0, column 0
  (setq row 1)
  (setQ cell 0)
 
  ; loop through cells
  (while (<= row nRows)
    (while (<= cell nCols)
   (vla-setCelltextHeight myTable row cell 5.0)
        (vla-settext myTable row cell "test")
        ; make cell alignment middle center
        (vla-setCellAlignment myTable row cell 5)     
   (setq cell (1+ cell))
   );while
  (setq row (1+ row))
  (setq cell 0) 
);while
(princ)
);defun