Specifies the name of the object.

See Also | Example

Signature

object.Name

object

Application, Block, BlockRef, Dictionary, DimStyle, Document, ExternalReference, Group, Layer, Layout, Linetype, Material, MenuGroup, MInsertBlock, MLeaderStyle, ModelSpace, PaperSpace, PlotConfiguration, PopupMenu, Raster, RegisteredApplication, SelectionSet, Section, Shape, TextStyle, Toolbar, ToolbarItem, UCS, View, Viewport, XRecord
The object or objects this property applies to.

Name

String;
Read-write for the following objects: Block, BlockRef, Dictionary, DimStyle, Group, Layer, Layout, Linetype, Material, MLeaderStyle, PlotConfiguration, PopupMenu, Raster, RegisteredApplication, Section, Shape, Toolbar, ToolbarItem, UCS, View, Viewport, XRecord.

Read-only for the following objects: Application, Document, MenuGroup, ModelSpace, PaperSpace, SelectionSet, TextStyle.

Remarks

Application, Document: This property returns the file name only, not the path.

ToolbarItem: This name is used as the tooltip text.

MenuGroup: The name is limited to 32 characters and cannot contain spaces or punctuation marks.

Raster: This property is similar to the ImageFile property, except that this property does not contain path information.

XRecord: The name of the object within the dictionary in which it resides. This name does not represent the class name of the object.

BlockRef: A block reference can be assigned the name of only a valid block definition in the drawing. Assigning a block reference a unique name will not automatically create a new block definition. To create a new block definition, use the Add method to add a new Block object to the Blocks collection.