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Issue with Crtl A (select all)

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:04:01 GMT

Afternoon,

Today hasn't been a good day....

to start off my version of Autocad 2011 decided to have issues with opening files, would get to the open drop down menu and then freeze. so decided it was time to upgrade to 2013. upon doing that I've had issues but most have been able to be fixed except for using Crtl A (select all)

I've looked through the forums and managed to find one that suggested it was an issue the path. So i looked up the acad2013doc.lsp and i did find the select all portion and this is what it says.

New "Select All" function. Cannot be called transparently.

(defun c:ai_selall ( / ss old_error a b old_cmd old_pkadd)
(setq a "CMDECHO" b "PICKADD"
old_cmd (getvar a) old_pkadd (getvar b)
old_error *error* *error* ai_error)
(if (ai_notrans)
(progn
(princ "Selecting objects...")
(setvar a 0)
(setvar b 2)
(initcommandversion -1)
(command "_.SELECT" "_ALL" "")
(setvar a old_cmd)
(setvar b old_pkadd)
(princ "done.\n")
)
)
(setq *error* old_error old_error nil ss nil)
(princ)
)

any help would be appreciated as i'm currently pulling my hair out...

Re: Issue with Crtl A (select all)

imadHabash — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:24:03 GMT

Hi,

i'm really sorry for that and i hope to present some hints for you.

- what you found in your acad2013doc.lsp is OK and there is no wrong with it.

- the problem - as i see - is a app loading matter.

- these problem usually occur if Lisps used.

- from OPTION dialog go to Files tab and make sure that the directory where you find acad2013doc.lsp is existing under Support File Search Path.

( C:\program files\autodesk\autocad 2013\support\en-us ). all what we need is to make sure that this file is loaded.

Good Luck for you..

Re: Issue with Crtl A (select all)

pendean — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:14:37 GMT

Forgive me, but what is the problem with CTRL+A exactly?

Re: Issue with Crtl A (select all)

RobDraw — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:14:52 GMT

Ctrl+A and select all are not the same thing.

Re: Issue with Crtl A (select all)

john.vellek — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:30:11 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Do you receive any kind of error message when you try to use CTRL-A?

When I use it on my AutoCAD 2013, it starts the _ai_selall command without issue.

When you installed your AutoCAD 2013, did you migrate any settings or is it new and clean )(factory condition)?

We can try a couple of things to remedy your issue.

1) Try creating a new user account on your PC with full administrator rights. Then run AutoCAD to see if the CTRL-A works.

2) Try a Reset Settings to Default and then try the CTRL-A

Please post your results.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Issue with Crtl A (select all)

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:40:40 GMT

this worked thank you. As it turned out the file wasn't referenced in the files section of the options tab.