Slide Library's

[Eeyore]

Guys, I'd like some advice if you would be so kind.

We are implementing MEP, and with the amount already on the tool pallettes, we think that moving our existing menu/toolbar system onto pallettes might become a little cumbersome when we transfer over.

However I need to modify the slide library's to suit a slightly different set of symbols. I have tried to get the purse strings to allow the buying of dotsoft but no go.

So I've tried to get the DOS method to work, and I can't get any of the slidelib to work.

Any suggestions?
Ta

[Anonymous]

Here is a great, free Slide Manager by Cyrille Fauvel:
http://discussion.autodesk.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/126-341701-3919905-33457/SldMgr.zip
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Daniel J. Altamura, R.A.
Altamura Architectural Consulting
and SoftWorx, Autodesk Authorized Developer
http://partnerproducts.autodesk.com/popups/company.asp?rdid=2139
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wrote in message news:5816963@discussion.autodesk.com...
Guys, I'd like some advice if you would be so kind.

We are implementing MEP, and with the amount already on the tool pallettes,
we think that moving our existing menu/toolbar system onto pallettes might
become a little cumbersome when we transfer over.

However I need to modify the slide library's to suit a slightly different
set of symbols. I have tried to get the purse strings to allow the buying
of dotsoft but no go.

So I've tried to get the DOS method to work, and I can't get any of the
slidelib to work.

Any suggestions?
Ta

[Eeyore]

Daniel,

Thanks for showing me this, i've downloaded it, "allowed" it in the safety thing i have on my computer....but when i double click on it to open the manager it seems to open briefly for a second or two, but it doesn't do anything else...

Please can you let me know either how i can view this program, or how i can run it and from where i need to.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Save the zip file, extract all the files to any folder, and simply
double-click (run) sldmgr.exe. It works for me with Windows XP Pro. What
are you using?
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Daniel J. Altamura, R.A.
Altamura Architectural Consulting
and SoftWorx, Autodesk Authorized Developer
http://partnerproducts.autodesk.com/popups/company.asp?rdid=2139
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wrote in message news:5817936@discussion.autodesk.com...
Daniel,

Thanks for showing me this, i've downloaded it, "allowed" it in the safety
thing i have on my computer....but when i double click on it to open the
manager it seems to open briefly for a second or two, but it doesn't do
anything else...

Please can you let me know either how i can view this program, or how i can
run it and from where i need to.

Thanks

[Eeyore]

Hi,

I did a bit of digging and found that I needed to put the .ocx file into the Windows\system32\regsvr32.

I can now run it, but when I save a new SLB it doesn't show up when I do a second one. The place where I've saved the new .SLB has no file called that.......

[Anonymous]

I don't remember doing it, but I also have slide.ocx in my C:\Winnt\system32
folder. I can't help you with the save problem. Again, it works fine for
me. Perhaps you could try contacting the author, or maybe someone else
knows.
--
Daniel J. Altamura, R.A.
Altamura Architectural Consulting
and SoftWorx, Autodesk Authorized Developer
http://partnerproducts.autodesk.com/popups/company.asp?rdid=2139
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wrote in message news:5818170@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi,

I did a bit of digging and found that I needed to put the .ocx file into the
Windows\system32\regsvr32.

I can now run it, but when I save a new SLB it doesn't show up when I do a
second one. The place where I've saved the new .SLB has no file called
that.......

[jcs1112]

Thought I would add just a small note here.  The slide manager program you guys are pointing to is a great free slide manager,

however, will not work properly on a 64 bit system.  I'm having the same issue on it, and I'm running windows 7 64-bit.

Haven't tried the Dotsoft one or know if it's still available, which means falling back to the orginal way of doing it.

Which takes a really long time if you have alot of slide files as I do.

Straight from the current autocad help file:

1. Use a Windows ASCII text editor to create a list of slide files to include in the library. The file would look similar to this example:

   entrance.sld

   hall.sld

   stairs.sld

   study.sld

   balcony.sld

2. Name and save the file as a text file with a .txt file extension.
3. Click Start menu (Windows)  >  All Programs (or Programs)  > Accessories  > Command Prompt.
4. In the Command Prompt window, at the prompt, enter CD <folder location of slides>to change folders.

   As an example: CD “c:\slides”

5. At the prompt, enter the following syntax to create the slide library:

   slidelib libraryname < list.txt

   For example, if you named your text file areas.txt, you could create a library called house.slb by entering slidelib house < areas.txt. The SLIDELIB utility appends the file extension .slb to the slide library file.

Hope this helps but like I said this takes a really long time for alot of slide files and I hate to type 😕

[strodeb]

use a little dos to get all your sld file names...

click start, run, type cmd in the box & click OK

then type in the code...

dir  /b /s "[folder containing sld files]\*.sld" > "C:\my slides.txt"

[folder containing sld files] is the path you stored them in plus   \*.sld       eg     "c:\my slide folder\*.sld"

then tap return

then open the txt file in notepad (the txt file is in the root of C:\  and called my slides.txt unless you changed it)

press ctrl & H (to open the replace dialogue)

in the find what box enter the unwanted section of the files address, leave the replace with box empty & click replace all

you should now have the list you required without all the typing

[jcs1112]

I just learned something from a friend of mine,  if you have Windows 7 64 bit Professional Edition, as I do,

then you should have a shortcut to Windows Virtual PC. listed under all programs.

(This is not available on Home Edition as far as I know),

This little beauty actually runs Windows XP , inside Windows 7,  more than that it allows all your old programs, that

ran under windows xp to run under this.  I've already tested that slide manager you're pointing to on it and now it runs fine.

Hope that helps you and everyone else  🙂

 ( I know that helped me out lol )

[DonScribner]

Dude, you're kidding . . . right?    This is how we did it back in 1985 when I started in Autocad, when 2 1/2D was the best you could get and AutoCAD 2.8 could fit on a single 5 1/4" single sided single density floppy.  AutoDesk should be ashamed of themselves for not having an integrated utility specifically for this purpose. There are other programs out there but I'm having trouble finding a 64bit version

[kyled.gray]

In case anyone is looking, Slide Man is a very nice utility for creating slide libraries or editing them.

http://www.graytechnical.com/software/slide-man/

I hope that helps,

Kyle

[caddtechH6FU6]

Can you please send me a working link for the zip file you mentioned here.  I cannot seem to get the link you have shown to take me to the discussion or the ZIP file.

Thanks
Martin

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@Anonymous wrote:
Here is a great, free Slide Manager by Cyrille Fauvel:
http://discussion.autodesk.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/126-341701-3919905-33457/SldMgr.zip
--
Daniel J. Altamura, R.A.
Altamura Architectural Consulting
and SoftWorx, Autodesk Authorized Developer
http://partnerproducts.autodesk.com/popups/company.asp?rdid=2139
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[pli]

Try SLD: https://github.com/ADN-DevTech/AutoCAD-Slide-Library-Manager

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