The GILE_INCR command opens the Increment dialog.

On the left side, the dialog provides common controls for all tools.

• The 'Value Type' frame is used to specify the incrementable value type (numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric, hexadecimal, or Roman numerals).
• The 'Parameters' frame provides textboxes to set the initial value, the increment value, and some optional settings: a separator character, a prefix, and a suffix.
• The OK button triggers an action based on the selected tab. The action repeats, incrementing the value until the user does not Esc, Enter, or Space to get out of control.
  
  

On its right side, the dialog provides four tabs to specify the settings of each different action.

• The 'Attribute' tab is used to increment an attribute value at each block insertion. The user selects the block to insert and the attribute to increment; he can also set some block properties (global scale and rotation).
• The 'Text' tab is used to create a text object whose value is incremented at each insertion. The user can set some text properties (text style, justification, height, and rotation).
• The 'Selection' tab is used to edit existing Text, Mtext, or Attribute objects by prefixing, suffixing, or replacing them with an incremented value. The user chooses one or more entity types and selects the action to perform.
• The 'Auto' tab allows for an automatic increment of a selection set of texts, mtexts, or block attributes according to ascending or descending X and Y coordinates.