zoom factor affects VBA program

[jrice174]

While testing my VBA program I have a drawing with a long horizontal line with text slightly above it. My program selects these and prints the coordinates of them. However, when I am zoomed to extents only the line info is retrived and when zoomed in closer, only the text info in retrieved.

How can a zoom effect what a VBA program see in the drawing?

 

[IFRs]

The selection you are using is probably a coordinate like (x,y,z). Autocad selects the first thing inside it's selection box centered on that point. The selection box size is set with a system variable. Zooming out or in would affect what is inside the selection box. You may want to zoom centered on the point to a height of the text size or a little more, then do the selection.