Mtext background lisp problem

[Anonymous]

I have a routine, developed for me through this forum, that selects text or mtext, converts to mtext if not already, and puts a background mask with 1.1 border. I was using it fine in Map 3D 2007, but have recently switched to Civil 3D 2012 where it does not work. I get this error message:

; error: no function definition: VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT

The lisp routine is attached.

Why does this not work in 2012? Can someone help me to get it to work?

[Anonymous]

Are you trying to use this on the label styles or just regular text or mtext in Civil 3D?  The label styles in Civil 3D have the option of using a background mask or not, you just have to set it in your label styles.  HTH

[alanjt_ · Accepted solution]

Add (vl-load-com) to the top of the code.

[Anonymous]

Good catch, I didn't look at the code.  I read a post in the Civil 3D forum that was trying to that to labels and no go.

[alanjt_]

LoL, apparently I modified it for someone, at some point in time.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, that worked. Why did it work before, and not before I made the suggested changes?

[alanjt_]

Some other piece of code or the startup file must have loaded the ActiveX functions. It only has to be executed once per cad session. I keep it in my startup file.

[Shneuph]

Congrats on the end of summer.  haha.

[Anonymous]

What can it be when (vl-load-com) doesn´t do the trick?

All my lisps work just fine.. and then they don´t. So I have to reinstall autocad to have them working again, and this every week. It works for a while than it starts getting this error message again (; error: no function definition: VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT).. I searched every where in the web and still couldn´t find the answer to this. I don´t know if this helps, but all lisps I use are related to area command.

Please help!!!