https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811470#M243718 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/724280">@kellie_hamre1</a>,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>As&nbsp;@Anonymous&nbsp;posts, FILEDIA controls whether or not a file dialog window appears during this operation. When this system variable is set to a value of 1 the dialog will appear. When it is set to 0 the user will be prompted for input at the command line. Here is an <A href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-99736BD7-E60E-4F4A-83F7-436B6F9C67A1-htm.html" target="_blank"><STRONG>article</STRONG> </A>that provides more details.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG><FONT color="#808000">Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.</FONT></STRONG></P> Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:08:57 GMT john.vellek 2017-01-17T19:08:57Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811263#M243716 <P>I have a couple students that keep getting the same comments in their dialog box when they go to SAVEAS or XATTACH a file asking them to specify file paths or file formats. How do we resolve this?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="saveas.JPG" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/312065iFC40A37BCD4DE699/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="saveas.JPG" alt="saveas.JPG" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Capture.JPG" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/312066i36F6B7AF3DBABA43/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Capture.JPG" alt="Capture.JPG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:04:20 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811263#M243716 kellie_hamre1 2017-01-17T18:04:20Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811286#M243717 <P>In AutoCAD type <STRONG>FILEDIA</STRONG> and set it to <STRONG>1</STRONG>.</P> Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:08:35 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811286#M243717 Anonymous 2017-01-17T18:08:35Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811470#M243718 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/724280">@kellie_hamre1</a>,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>As&nbsp;@Anonymous&nbsp;posts, FILEDIA controls whether or not a file dialog window appears during this operation. When this system variable is set to a value of 1 the dialog will appear. When it is set to 0 the user will be prompted for input at the command line. Here is an <A href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-99736BD7-E60E-4F4A-83F7-436B6F9C67A1-htm.html" target="_blank"><STRONG>article</STRONG> </A>that provides more details.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG><FONT color="#808000">Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.</FONT></STRONG></P> Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:08:57 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/saveas-file-format/m-p/6811470#M243718 john.vellek 2017-01-17T19:08:57Z