Display doesn't change using script to open multiple files.

[BillZndl]

R2006 vanilla SDI =1

When opening drawings with a script,

the commands execute properly but the drawing itself in the grahics display window,

changes only every 4th  or 5th file that the script opens.

I've tried regen, redraw, redrawall, update *acad* nothing seems to work.

is there a system setting or is this a version specific problem?

[t.willey]

I had that issue with scripts also, and I was on '06 too.  I don't see if as a problem though, as your script is just working so fast that the display doesn't have time to catch up.  I think you will notice that the name of the drawing changes each time though, and I think that if you click off of Acad it will show the opening and closing of each drawing.  I used to do that, and I think that is what happens, as I would have email or something up in my second monitor.

[Hallex]

Try add

_delay 500

before of the very script block

just an idea? not tested

[BillZndl]

Thanks Tim.

Yeah, it's not that big of a deal as far as performance goes.

The only reason I asked is that I was having another user running some scripts and thought it would be better if he could "see" what was happening.  I thought it might be a system setting or something. Oh well.

Thanks again.

[BillZndl]

Interestingly enough, adding delay and a regen helped the display problem.

But.... of coarse it slowed things down.  😞

We'll be upgrading to 2010 acad soon so I''ll just run it "as is".

Thanks!

[Hallex]

You're quite welcome

I used it for years as well as with DBX 🙂