Lisp won't run after compiling it into a VLX

[wcruz]

I have made a simple lsp that makes a call to a DLL and it works fine in lsp format but when I compile it and make a VLX file it doesn't work.

What's me doing wrong?

William

[Anonymous]

Post here your code.

wrote in message news:5495235@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have made a simple lsp that makes a call to a DLL and it works fine in lsp
format but when I compile it and make a VLX file it doesn't work.

What's me doing wrong?

William

[wcruz]

Here is the lisp code:

(defun c:ShowDialog (/ acadApp vbApp)

(vl-load-com)

;; get the main AutoCAD application object
(setq acadApp
(vlax-get-acad-object)
)

;; load VB ActiveX DLL into AutoCAD's address space
(setq vbApp
(vla-GetInterfaceObject acadApp "Expcg.Dialog1")
)

(if (not vbApp)
(princ "\nError loading Expcg.dll.")
(progn
(princ "\nExpcg.dll loaded.")
; continue here like the DOC says
;(vlax-invoke vbApp "your_vba_function_name" with arguments

(vlax-invoke vbApp "show")
)
)
(princ)
)

[Anonymous]

im just learning the vlx deal myself and this is just takign a stab but perhaps put the vl-load-com before the (defun ) call
you have this
(defun c:ShowDialog (/ acadApp vbApp)

(vl-load-com)

instead make it

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:ShowDialog (/ acadApp vbApp)

[wcruz]

Still not working. Thanks anyway.

William

[Anonymous]

wcruz wrote:
> Still not working. Thanks anyway.
>
> William

Do you have it compiled to run in a separate namespace?

[wcruz]

After receiving your response, I tried with & without separate namespace with & without activex support and it still doesn't work.

[Anonymous]

wcruz wrote:
> After receiving your response, I tried with & without separate namespace with & without activex support and it still doesn't work.

OK. Explain a little more what "doesn't work" means. Is Autocad
crashing with an access violation? Is the Autocad command line saying
"command not found" or "undefined function"? Is Windows crashing with a
blue screen? If we know what IS happening, maybe we can narrow it down
a bit. Otherwise it's just guesswork.

Regards,

-Rick Francken
www.franckensoft.com

[wcruz]

"Unknown Command"

[Anonymous]

wcruz wrote:
> "Unknown Command"

If you are calling your function in LISP, (command "ShowDialog") will
cause that message. Use (C:ShowDialog) instead.

If that's not how you are calling your function, show us how you are
using it.

Regards,

-Rick Francken
www.franckensoft.com

[wcruz]

The entire lisp program is @ the beginning of this thread. In the CAD command prompt I tried using (c:showdialog) & c:showdialog but still get the "Unknown Command"

[Anonymous]

wcruz wrote:
> The entire lisp program is @ the beginning of this thread. In the CAD command prompt I tried using (c:showdialog) & c:showdialog but still get the "Unknown Command"

Well, I copied that code, substituting an (alert "success") call for the
DLL "Show" call because I don't have the DLL. Then I saved it to a .lsp
file, created a VLX application with "New Application Wizard", compiled
it to VLX using "Make Application", then loaded it in AutoCAD (2007).

I then entered the following combinations at the command prompt:

Showdialog - alert dialog "success" displayed
(C:ShowDialog) - alert dialog "success" displayed
C:ShowDialog - Unknown command "C:SHOWDIALOG". Press F1 for help.
(ShowDialog) - ; error: no function definition: SHOWDIALOG
ShowDialoq - Unknown command "SHOWDIALOQ". Press F1 for help.

So it seems to be working as it should here.

Regards,

Rick Francken
www.franckensoft.com