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Start up menu error

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achapin
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Start up menu error

First let me say, I'm the tech guy...not the CAD guy. 🙂

With Arch 08 we are not seeing the GUI start up menu box on the US Imperial version. There is an option to "do not show this again", how do I turn it back on? Also, when we go to help>getting started guide, we get a "file can not be found" error. Could the two be related?? I'm re installing the application right now. Is there a setting in the configuration that I need to be aware of?
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Anonymous
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Options>System Tab ... or STARTUP command.

Is IE your default web browser?

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achapin
in reply to: achapin

Yes, IE is the default browser. I'm thinking it may be a problem with Adobe Pro 8? When you go to Help>Getting Started Guide it tries to open Adobe. Does anyone know if there are known issues with this?
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Anonymous
in reply to: achapin

Are you trying to restore the initial Welcome dialog, which is then followed by a dialog asking you to choose an initial Workspace, or are you trying to get the old Startup dialog, which allows you to select the means by which the first drawing to be opened will be created?

For the latter, set STARTUP to 1 (the dropdown list that used to be on the System tab of the Options dialog has been removed).

For the former, you will have to check the "Show all warning messages" toggle on the System tab of the Options dialog. This will, however, turn on all warning dialogs in which the do not show me this again toggle was checked.

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Anonymous
in reply to: achapin

What happens if IE is not the default browser? I've been thinking about
switching to Firefox.


"Dean Saadallah" wrote in message
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Options>System Tab ... or STARTUP command.

Is IE your default web browser?

--
Dean Saadallah
http://LTisACAD.blogspot.com
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
--
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Anonymous
in reply to: achapin

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:05:20 +0000, Anthony Mason < wrote:

>What happens if IE is not the default browser? I've been thinking about
>switching to Firefox.

Oh for the love of Pete. Switch without delay.

No, it doesn't affect AutoCAD in the slightest. You still have IE on your system
so you can run the Help system.

Matt
mstachoni@comcast.net
mstachoni@bhhtait.com
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achapin
in reply to: achapin

For the former, you will have to check the "Show all warning messages" toggle on the System tab of the Options dialog. This will, however, turn on all warning dialogs in which the do not show me this again toggle was checked.

This is what I was looking for. In part. My problem is two-fold. This takes care of the first part. The second is that when I got to help>Getting Started Guide I get a "file can not be found" error and it tries to open Adobe Pro 8. Does this program install it's own little version of Adobe reader that installing Adobe Pro may have broken? If I browse for the file after I clear the error, it will open with no problems. That, unfortunately, is not good enough for the powers that be.

TIA!
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Anonymous
in reply to: achapin

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:15:05 +0000, achapin <> wrote:

>The second is that when I got to help>Getting Started Guide I get a "file can not be found" error and it tries to open Adobe Pro 8. Does this program install it's own little version of Adobe reader that installing Adobe Pro may have broken? If I browse for the file after I clear the error, it will open with no problems. That, unfortunately, is not good enough for the powers that be.

The problem is either a bug in the "AecGettingStartedGuide" command or, more
likely, due to how Acrobat configures itself to launch a PDF file. If you check
out the .PDF extension in the Registry,, then chase things down, you find that
it's a horribly complicated and easy-to-break affair.

As a result, Acrobat is probably trying to launch "C:\Program.PDF,"
"files\AutoCAD.pdf," "Architecture.pdf," and 2008\Help\aca_gsg.pdf" - that's why
you have to hit OK a half-dozen times when you launch it.

Basically, you need to encapsulate the path to the "aca_gsg.pdf" file in double
quotes.

You can solve this by rewriting the command thusly:

(defun c:AecGettingStartedGuide (/ k p f)

;; Get the path to acrobat.exe from the Registry
;; I think this is common to any version of Acrobat.
;; But I could be wrong.
;; Stupid Adobe.
(setq k "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\acrobat\\shell\\open\\command")
(setq p (vl-registry-read k))

;; removes the " /u \"%1\" from the resultant string
(setq p (substr p 1 (- (strlen p) 8)))

;; get the path to the Getting Started Guide, adding quotes
(setq f (strcat "\"" (findfile "aca_gsg.pdf") "\""))

;; Launch it
(startapp p f)
(princ)
)

You can put this code into your acaddoc.lsp file which needs to be in your
support path.

No modification to the CUI entry is required.

Obviously, this won't work if you do not have Acrobat installed and use some 3rd
party PDF reader, but this can also be worked around.

Matt
mstachoni@verizon.net
mstachoni@bhhtait.com

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