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Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 04:49:23 GMT

Need assistance with pasting a string in the Command Line.

I am attempting to select a text style “style4” and then present a text message at a specific location on the display

I am using Excel to generate the following command lines for AutoCAD 2017.

textstyle style4 text 30,30 12 This is a test

The text style is selected correctly - “style4”
The cursor is positioned correctly - “30,30”
The angle of the cursor is displayed correctly - “12” degrees
But the text is not displayed. I can then manually enter text, but I want to display the text from the command line string.

What I do not understand is the control characters between the AutoCAD commands.

I am a novice with AutoCAD, so please explain in layman terms. Perhaps with the appropriate string for above. Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

Moshe-A — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:07:13 GMT

@orders3 hi,

I am using Excel to generate the following command lines for AutoCAD 2017.
textstyle style4 text 30,30 12 This is a test

i do not think you can do this with excel?! macros or lisps is the 2 way to go (of course there are others)

macro:

^C^CTEXT S style4 30,30 12 0 "Your text";

lisp:

(command "TEXT" "S" "style4' "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")

enjoy

moshe

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:33:52 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply. Could you provide the actual test that would be pasted in the AutoCAD command line?

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:34:53 GMT

Typo - "Text"

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

Moshe-A — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:03:17 GMT

copy & paste the lisp line into the command line

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:43:15 GMT

Certainly appreciate your patience. Here is the results:

Pasted following:
    "TEXT" "S" "style4' "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" ""
Results:
   Command: "TEXT" Unknown command ""TEXT"". Press F1 for help.
   Command: "S" Unknown command ""S"". Press F1 for help.
   Command: "style4' "30,30," 12 0 "Your Unknown command ""STYLE4' "30,30," 12 0 "YOUR". Press F1 for help.
   Command: text" Unknown command "TEXT"". Press F1 for help.

Pasted following:
   (command "TEXT" "S" "style4' "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")
Results:
   Command: (command "TEXT" "S" "style4' "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")
And in the command line:
   ("_>

Apparently, with my original string that I pasted, everything works, except AutoCAD is waiting for me to enter text via the keyboard instead on accepting the string. What do I need to tell AutoCAD to accept the text?

Really appreciate your assistance....

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

leeminardi — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:31:15 GMT

That should be a quote " not an apostrophe ' after style4 as follows:

(command "TEXT" "S" "style4" "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:06:12 GMT

Thanks for the correction lee. But I still have a problem. Don't know what I am doing wrong.

Pasted to Command Line....

(command "TEXT" "S" "style4" "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")

AutoCAD Response:

Command: (command "TEXT" "S" "style4" "30,30," 12 0 "Your text" "")
TEXT
Current text style: "style4" Text height: 4.0000 Annotative: No Justify: Left
Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]: S
Enter style name or [?] : style4
Current text style: "style4" Text height: 4.0000 Annotative: No Justify: Left
Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]: 30,30,
Point or option keyword required.
; error: Function cancelled

Re: Command Line – How to Paste String

orders3 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:35:29 GMT

Thanks Lee for all the assistance. I finally got this to work.

(command "TEXT" "S" "style4" "30,30" 12 "Your text").

It appears to be simple and I am embarrassed that I could not figure it out myself.

Have a good day....