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Jim,

I am running AutoCad R14.1 under WINDOWS 98.  I ceated an icon called S-LINE  I wrote:
^c^c_layer s s-dim  _line
this way i can draw my lines on layer s-line. I do the samething for AutoCad 2000 (R15) all I get is a list of my layers. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

Sam Elharrar

Sam, 

The "layer" command in A2K is the same as "DDLmodes." So what is happening is that it calling the Layer Dialoge box. Use
^c^c-layer s s-dim  _line
and that should work. The "-" uses the command without the dialoge box.

Have fun
Jim

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