Special Key-ins

Special key-ins are, for the most part, utilities that cannot be categorized as drawing tools or view controls.

Design file coordinates

These key-ins are used to relocate the global origin and define true North.

To	Key-in
Relocate the global origin or assign coordinates to the global origin.	ACTIVE ORIGIN (GO=)
Define true North.	DEFINE NORTH

Menu activation

This key-in is used to activate menus.

To	Key-in
Activate a paper, cursor button, or sidebar menu.	ATTACH MENU (AM=)

Status bar and Key-in window usage

These key-ins are used to set how the Key-in Window key-ins are interpreted, to change the prompt, and to control the information that is displayed when you snap a tentative point.

To	Key-in
Toggle parsing of Key-in Window input.	SET PARSEALL
Change the Key-in Window prompt.	SET PROMPT
Control information that is displayed in the Key-in Window whenever you snap a tentative point.	SET TPMODE

Other

These key-ins are used to perform miscellaneous tasks.

To	Key-in
Open a command prompt and optionally execute a system command or batch file.	!
Enter a key-in that contains a configuration variable.	$ (EXPAND KEYIN)
Start another Windows application.	%
Exit and start another Windows application.	%%
Check the value of a configuration variable.	EXPAND ECHO
Set the value of a configuration value.	EXPAND SET
Deselect all controls.	NULL
Toggle automatic panning while digitizing.	SET AUTOPAN
Toggle the undo function.	SET UNDO
Reset the digitizing tablet.	TRESET
Display a window (such as a view window) in the second application window, if one is open.	WINDOW CHANGESCREEN