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Actually, if i hit make guide after sutting the locus, i get the guides i"m looking for. So i combined it with your previous suggestion and now i can st the guides pretty quickly, thanks.

Jan, Thanks. That is even better for me. JW

Jan, Your idea will simplify the process of turning a given line into a guide, which is good, but i want to be able to click on a point and get a vertical or horizontal guide without drawing the line first. Thanks for your suggestion. I think i will use it until i get the other script working the way i want. jw

Steve, this is helpful. I compiled this script on my machine, and when i ran it , it gave me an error message about the menu cmmand, but went ahead and drew a vertical and horizontal guide intersecting at the origin. (and locked them). I will try to modify your script into two versions, one of which will give me a horizontal guide of a given length with its center point at the next click, and a similar vertical guide. Thanks for taking the time

THANKS, JONATHAN I will see if i can find those as a starting point. jw

THANKS, Z. I guess the piece I'm missing is the previous programming experience. So maybe the real question is "is there an idiot's guide to programming?" I will check out the resources you suggest. jw

Where can i find an "idiot's guide to Vectorscripts"? For example: I am in the habit of using construction lines a great deal when drawing. I understand that i can create construction lines by going to "edit", "make guide", but that is cumbersome. I have tried writing scripts for tools called v-line and h-line, but some aspect of the process eludes me. The goal is to click on the script, then on a point in the drawing. The script would then make a vertical (v-line) or horizontal (h-line) line, extending from that point to to the limits of the screen in both directions, and convert the line to a guide. This is my first attempt at script writing. I picked something i thought would be pretty easy, but i must be missing something. Can somebody help me out?

Where can i find an "idiot's guide to Vectorscripts"? For example: I am in the habit of using construction lines a great deal when drawing. I understand that i can create construction lines by going to "edit", "make guide", but that is cumbersome. I have tried writing scripts for tools called v-line and h-line, but some aspect of the process eludes me. The goal is to click on the script, then on a point in the drawing. The script would then make a vertical (v-line) or horizontal (h-line) line, extending from that point to to the limits of the screen in both directions, and convert the line to a guide. This is my first attempt at script writing. I picked something i thought would be pretty easy, but i must be missing something. Can somebody help me out?