Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization

[#1]

I cannot get DUMPSHX.EXE to function at all in 2008. Here's what I do:

copy the .shx compiled font file to the ...\autocad install dir\express

CMD

at the DOS CMD Promt... CD to the above dir, then issue the command:

dumpshx -o myfont.shp myfont.shx

the error is that the Autocad application has encountered an error and needs to close. if anyone is taking notes, they are sorry for the inconvenience.

I tied to use a 3rd party freeware to decompile and it worked, but the COMPILE command in ACAD errored out on the re-compile. The error was nothing related to the characters that I modified. As a test, I was going to de-compile SIMPLEX.SHX to SIMPLEX .SHP with the DUMPSHX.EXE, but the above problems ensued.

Help?

-- John Cochran
jcochran@prou.com

[#2]

I can reproduce the problem here. I suppose a third party decompiler is
the obvious solution.
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft <>
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. <>

[#3]

Owen, first, thanks for the response. I've replicatd the anomaly on 3 other workstations.

Second, were you inconveninced in any way? If so, did you receive and take solace in the error message?

Third, I am only exploring options at this point and cannot justify purchase of software I may not need.

Finally, I'd rather have the Autodesk-provided utils work. Trouble is, with the Express Tools, Autodesk will claim that they are unsupported.

Oh well.

-- John

[#4]

John:

I was not inconvenienced, and yes, the error message did give me a warm
and fuzzy feeling (unless it was the scotch).
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft <>
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. <>


"jdcochran" wrote in message news:6149995@discussion.autodesk.com...
Owen, first, thanks for the response. I've replicatd the anomaly on 3 other
workstations. Second, were you inconveninced in any way? If so, did you
receive and take solace in the error message? Third, I am only exploring
options at this point and cannot justify purchase of software I may not
need. Finally, I'd rather have the Autodesk-provided utils work. Trouble is,
with the Express Tools, Autodesk will claim that they are unsupported. Oh
well. -- John

[#5]

Funny... at least you're not a mathmetician or a physicist... they should NEVER drink and derive.

-- John