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June 4, 2018
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Shorten ISODraw Macro with “For/While If/Then” functions to create a loop

  • June 4, 2018
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I have this macro to get rid of all these duplicate callout styles from our .iso files. Not sure but would like to know why these new callouts come in when pasting elements that are not callouts. Regardless, I have this macro below and am simply trying to figure out how to shorten it with a “For/While If/Then” string function of some sort. Also below is a version of my many failed attempts. Can anyone help?

Working code but long winded:

SubMacro Clean Out Callouts
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["YBAEcallout"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "YBAEcallout"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "Normal-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"
		END while
End submacro

An example of one of my many failed attempts:

Macro Test Clean Out Callouts
	
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["YBAEcallout"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "YBAEcallout"
		END while
	DEFINE Norm AS String
	DEFINE Rept AS String
	DEFINE Ended AS String
	Norm = "Normal-1"
	#FOR Norm = Norm TO left(Norm, 8)
	Rept = left(Norm, 8)
	Ended = Norm Rept
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts[Ended]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE Ended
		END while
		#End for
End macro
Best answer by BLArts

I figured the answer out all on my own!

 

Macro Clean Out Callouts
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["YBAEcallout"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "YBAEcallout"
		END while
	Define h as Integer
	Define k as Integer
	Define BadCallout as String
	Select None
	k = ActiveDoc.calloutCount
	h = 1
#Starts loop that goes through all existing callouts.
		While ((h <> k + 1) = True)
		If (Right(ActiveDoc.callouts[h].style_name, 2) = "-1") then
	BadCallout = ActiveDoc.callouts[h].style_name 
	Delete CALLOUT_STYLE BadCallout
#Reduce number of overall callouts because of callout deletion. 
	k = ActiveDoc.calloutCount
		Else
	h = h + 1
		End If
		End While
End macro

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BLArts12-AmethystAuthorAnswer
12-Amethyst
June 11, 2018

I figured the answer out all on my own!

 

Macro Clean Out Callouts
		WHILE (exists(activedoc.callouts["YBAEcallout"]) = true)
	DELETE CALLOUT_STYLE "YBAEcallout"
		END while
	Define h as Integer
	Define k as Integer
	Define BadCallout as String
	Select None
	k = ActiveDoc.calloutCount
	h = 1
#Starts loop that goes through all existing callouts.
		While ((h <> k + 1) = True)
		If (Right(ActiveDoc.callouts[h].style_name, 2) = "-1") then
	BadCallout = ActiveDoc.callouts[h].style_name 
	Delete CALLOUT_STYLE BadCallout
#Reduce number of overall callouts because of callout deletion. 
	k = ActiveDoc.calloutCount
		Else
	h = h + 1
		End If
		End While
End macro
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